Gebre-Medhin M, Sterky G, Taube A
Acta Paediatr Scand. 1978 Nov;67(6):781-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1978.tb16261.x.
A total of 3144 deliveries comprising a wide range of socio-economic groups in Addis Abeba were investigated. A positive correlation was found between family income and birth weight, with a difference of nearly 500 g between the extremes of socio-economic classes. A seasonal variation in mean birth weight was also observed. The mean length of gestation was 7.4 days shorter, and the anthropometric measures at birth were significantly lower in the Ethiopian infants as compared with the Swedish norm. The median weight and length development in relation to gestational age in the Ethiopian newborns was similar to the Swedish standard up to approximately 34--35 weeks of gestation. After that time there was very little further intrauterine growth in Ethiopian infants. The possible reasons for the observed pattern of growth are discussed.
对亚的斯亚贝巴不同社会经济群体的3144例分娩进行了调查。研究发现家庭收入与出生体重之间呈正相关，社会经济阶层两端的出生体重差异近500克。还观察到平均出生体重的季节性变化。与瑞典标准相比，埃塞俄比亚婴儿的平均妊娠期短7.4天，出生时的人体测量指标明显较低。埃塞俄比亚新生儿出生体重和身长相对于胎龄的中位数发育情况在妊娠约34 - 35周之前与瑞典标准相似。此后，埃塞俄比亚婴儿的子宫内生长几乎没有进一步增加。文中讨论了观察到的生长模式的可能原因。
