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A correlation between a mother\u2019s height and her child\u2019s BW (1 cm accounts for a 17 g increase in BW) has been observed. The study aims to test differences in small for gestational age (SGA) and large for gestational age (LGA) rates, employing BW percentile charts based on maternal height between ethnic groups.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpm-2017-0349_s_998_w2aab3b7c27b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This retrospective study of 2.3 million mother\/newborn pairs analyzed BW, gestational age, sex, maternal height and ethnicity from the German perinatal survey (1995\u20132000). These data were stratified for maternal height (\u2264157, 158\u2013163, 164\u2013169, 170\u2013175, \u2265176 cm) and region of origin (Germany, Central and Northern Europe, North America, Mediterranean region, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, and Asia excluding Middle East). Percentile charts were calculated for each maternal height group.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpm-2017-0349_s_997_w2aab3b7c27b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The average BW and maternal height differ significantly between ethnic groups. On current percentile charts, newborns of taller mothers (\u2265176 cm) have a low rate of SGA and a high rate of LGA, whereas newborns of shorter mothers (\u2264157 cm) have a high rate of SGA and a low rate of LGA. When the BW data are stratified based on the maternal height, mothers of similar height from different ethnic groups show similar average BWs, SGA and LGA rates.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpm-2017-0349_s_996_w2aab3b7c27b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Maternal body height has a greater influence on BW than maternal ethnicity. The use of BW percentile charts for maternal height should be considered.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpm-2017-0349","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,5]],"date-time":"2018-06-05T22:16:56Z","timestamp":1528237016000},"page":"22-29","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["Maternal body height is a stronger predictor of birth weight than ethnicity: analysis of birth weight percentile charts"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"47","author":[{"given":"Niels","family":"Rochow","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , McMaster University , Hamilton, ON , Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Malak","family":"AlSamnan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , McMaster University , Hamilton, ON , Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hon Yiu","family":"So","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , McMaster University , Hamilton, ON , Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dirk","family":"Olbertz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neonatology, Clinic S\u00fcdstadt , Rostock , Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Pelc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , McMaster University , Hamilton, ON , Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"D\u00e4britz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics , University Medicine Rostock , Rostock , Germany"},{"name":"Centre for Immunobiology, Blizard Institute, Barts Cancer Institute the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry , Queen Mary University of London , London , UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Roland","family":"Hentschel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology\/Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Center \u2013 Faculty of Medicine , University of Freiburg , Freiburg , Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ursula","family":"Wittwer-Backofen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Medicine and Society , University of Freiburg , Freiburg , Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Manfred","family":"Voigt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology\/Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Center \u2013 Faculty of Medicine , University of Freiburg , Freiburg , Germany"},{"name":"Centre for Medicine and Society , University of Freiburg , Freiburg , Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,6,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021021321162128284_j_jpm-2017-0349_ref_001_w2aab3b7c27b1b6b1ab2b2b1Aa","unstructured":"WHO Child Growth Standards. 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