van der Veere C N, Luteyn A J, Sorhaindo B A, Ferreira C J, Boersma E R, Huisjes H J, Touwen B C, Hadders-Algra M
Princess Margaret Hospital, Goodwill, Commonwealth of Dominica.
Trop Geogr Med. 1992 Oct;44(4):338-45.
Risk factors during pregnancy and delivery and neurological morbidity of newborns were assessed in a birth cohort in Dominica, the Caribbean. The data were compared with two reference groups, one from Grenada, the Caribbean, and the other from Groningen, the Netherlands. Despite variations in cultural and socio-economic situation, the similarities in obstetrical conditions, neonatal neurological morbidity and perinatal relationships between the three groups were more striking than the differences. The Dominican group showed a significantly higher rate of preterm births than the two other groups. Preterm birth was associated with a significant increase in neurological deviancy. In general motility and muscle tone were found to be lower in the Caribbean region than in the Netherlands.
在加勒比地区多米尼克的一个出生队列中，对妊娠和分娩期间的风险因素以及新生儿的神经疾病发生率进行了评估。将这些数据与两个参照组进行了比较，一个来自加勒比地区的格林纳达，另一个来自荷兰的格罗宁根。尽管文化和社会经济状况存在差异，但三组在产科情况、新生儿神经疾病发生率以及围产期关系方面的相似之处比差异更为显著。多米尼克组的早产率明显高于其他两组。早产与神经偏差的显著增加有关。总体而言，发现加勒比地区的一般运动能力和肌张力低于荷兰。
