Birth-weight differences at term are explained by placental dysfunction and not by maternal ethnicity

What is it about?

A considerable debate regarding whether different ethnicities exhibit different birth weight (BW) patterns is ongoing. This study aimed to calculate the relative influence of CPR and customization factors on BW in a mixed population of Sri-Lankan and Spanish fetuses in order to evaluate whether BW differences between these ethnicities might be alternatively explained by the existence of placental dysfunction.

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