We designed our research as an ambidirectional cohort study that was conducted on the population of pregnant women whose pregnancy was monitored at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics of the University Clinical Centre Kragujevac, Serbia. All pregnant women with pregnancies confirmed by a gynecology specialist were taken into account, with the exception of pregnant women under the age of 18, functionally illiterate pregnant women and those with a confirmed high risk of genetic abnormalities of the fetus by a combination of ultrasound and biochemical examination during the 12th week of pregnancy. Our major outcome measures were body weight, body length and head circumference of newborns at birth. We examined the potential impact of the following variables to the newborn body size: demographic factors, presence of acute or chronic diseases during pregnancy, medications used during pregnancy, pregnancy factors, presence of uterine or placental abnormalities and maternal nutrition. For the assessment of the nutritional status of pregnant women, we previously developed and validated a special questionnaire that we named Balkan Food Quality and Diversity in Pregnancy Questionnaire-18 (BFQDPQ-18) [6]. We used the method of multiple linear regression analysis to evaluate the influence of potential factors on birth weight, length, and head circumference.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Other) |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | June 28, 2025 |
Published in Issue | Year 2023 Volume: 27 Issue: Current Research Topıcs In Pharmacy: Pharmacology Debates |