Relations between mother's age, the body mass and body length of newborns in Tuzla canton (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

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Hadžihalilović, J., Žigić, Z., Mešalić, L., & Ramić, S. (2008). Relations between mother's age, the body mass and body length of newborns in Tuzla canton (Bosnia & Herzegovina), (43), 499-511. Retrieved from https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%266083&page=0&sort=8&stype=0&backurl=%2fissue.aspx%3fissue%3d6083
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Title

Relations between mother's age, the body mass and body length of newborns in Tuzla canton (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

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Author

Jasminka, Hadžihalilović, Zlata, Žigić, Lejla, Mešalić, Suada, Ramić

Journal

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

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43

Start page

499

End page

511

ISSN

1820-7936

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https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%266083&page=0&so...

Date

2008-2021/11/01/13:01:02

Abstract

The objective of the study was to establish if mother's age effects the length, body mass and head circumference of newborns in the Tuzla Canton. The study is retrospective and the data obtained from Gynecology-Obstetrics Clinic were used for it. The testers were born in 2005 year. The sample involved 1830 newborns, 880 females and 950 males. On the basis of the child's birth year and mother's birthday, mothers' age was calculated and categorized in 5 age categories (starting from 15 to 46 years old). It was established that mothers aged from 15 to 20 years deliver children of statistically significant lower average body mass, lower body length and smaller head circumference. Among average values of these measures in all other compared age categories (t-test) differences are present, but they are not significant. .

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