| Liveborn Birth Weight for Gestational Age for Korean Infants |
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Won Kyoo Hwang |
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Deparment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Pusan National University |
| 韓國人의 在胎年齡別 出生時 體重値에 關한 考察 |
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黃 元 奎 |
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釜山大學校 醫科大學小兒科學敎室 |
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| Abstract |
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Birth weight gestational age tables have been calulated for 5, 310 single Korean newborn infants
between 28 and 40 weeks gestational age. The socioeconomic status of these families was poor and
following group were excluded.
1) Incomplete date.
2) Twin and multiple birth.
3) Still born and malformed infants.
4) Those born to mother with diabetes mellitus, toxemia, advanced tuberculosis, and syphilis.
The various collected data were tabulated by sex. Mean, standard deviation, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th,
75th, 90th and 95th percentiles were determined. The 10 th, 25 th, 50 th, 75 th, 90 th, percentiles
are graphed. Comparisons are also made with reported data from other races.
These birth weight data when interpreted as measure of fetal growth for our population, appear to
indicate that Korean newborn infants are lighter at maturity than those of Swedish, British and
American (White), but heavier than American Indian and similar to those of Japanese and American Negro.
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