Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2001):

[Physical development and health status of young men in relation to birth weight]

(Rozwój fizyczny i stan zdrowia mlodych mezczyzn w zaleznosci od masy urodzeniowej po 20 latach obserwacji.)

Full Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine the influence of low birth weight (LBW) on the health characteristics of men of post-pubertal age compared with their normal-birth-weight (NBW) peers. To this end, 1090 conscripts, out of 1376 eligible male neonates examined in 6 Warsaw obstetric wards in 1970-1974 in search of low birth weight (682 LBW vs. 408 NBW), were examined in 1998 at the entry to the military service. It was found that LBW conscripts were shorter and lighter than their NBW peers. They also had more overall recorded health problems, more hearing defects, and more neurological disorders than their counterparts with normal birth weight two decades earlier.

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Author information

Author/s: Mularczyk-Bal, Maria (M); Kopczyniski, Jan (J); Lewandowski, Zbigniew (Z); Ziólkowska, Anna (A);

Affiliation: Zakladu Epidemiologii, Zakladu Higieny Instytutu Medycyny Spolecznej Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: English Abstract; Journal Article

Journal: Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) (Wiad Lek), published in Poland. (Language: pol)

Reference: 2002-; vol 55 Suppl 1 (issue Pt 2) : pp 808-17

Dates: Created 2007/05/03; Completed 2007/07/27;

PMID: 17474604, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent - physiology Adult Anthropometry Birth Weight - physiology Case-Control Studies Cohort Studies Follow-Up Studies Health Status Hearing Loss - epidemiology

Hearing Loss - epidemiology Humans Infant, Low Birth Weight - growth & development Infant, Newborn Male Military Personnel Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology Poland - epidemiology Prevalence

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