Livshits G, Davidi L, Kobyliansky E, Ben-Amitai D, Levi Y, Merlob P
Department of Anatomy, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Am J Med Genet. 1988 Apr;29(4):793-805. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320290409.
Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of 8 morphometric traits was studied in 113 preterm infants (26-36 wk of gestation), 103 term infants (37-41 wk), and their respective parents. With 3 different measures of FA, the highest values were obtained from extremely preterm infants (26-29 wk), and the lowest from the group of term infants. The estimates of FA values among parents, particularly mothers, showed a similar, albeit less pronounced, trend. Multiple regression analysis of individual mean FA values, calculated in infants for the 8 studied bilateral traits, documented a significant inverse correlation with gestational age and with the health status of the infants and their mothers, as well as a positive correlation with the mothers' mean FA values.
对113名早产儿（妊娠26 - 36周）、103名足月儿（妊娠37 - 41周）及其各自父母的8种形态测量特征的波动不对称性（FA）进行了研究。采用3种不同的FA测量方法，极早产儿（26 - 29周）的FA值最高，足月儿组的FA值最低。父母，尤其是母亲的FA值估计显示出类似趋势，尽管不那么明显。对婴儿8种研究的双侧特征计算的个体平均FA值进行多元回归分析，结果表明其与胎龄、婴儿及其母亲的健康状况呈显著负相关，与母亲的平均FA值呈正相关。
