Questions about adolescent gestational age and birth weight

We are writing to express our concerns about accepting the conclusions of Stevens-Simon et al, published in the December 1993 issue of Pediatrics,1 without further examination of the study description. Chief among these concerns is the analysis of pregnancies ending in preterm deliveries along with...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1994-08, Vol.94 (2 Pt 1), p.243; author reply 245-243
Main Authors: Rees, J M, Bach, C M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Birth Weight
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Age
Pregnancy
Pregnancy in Adolescence - physiology
Pregnancy in Adolescence - statistics & numerical data
Statistics as Topic - methods
Weight Gain
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Summary:We are writing to express our concerns about accepting the conclusions of Stevens-Simon et al, published in the December 1993 issue of Pediatrics,1 without further examination of the study description. Chief among these concerns is the analysis of pregnancies ending in preterm deliveries along with full term pergnancies. Evidence was not given to indicate that the pattern and rate of weight gain in these two groups was the same, whereas rate, in fact, has been shown to differ.2
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.94.2.243