Abstract
Objective: To determine whether maternal prepregnancy shoe size can be used to reliably predict infant birth weight. Method: This is a cross-sectional study of 111 consecutive patients admitted to the maternity care unit of a small community hospital. Data collected included prepregnancy height, maternal weight, maternal shoe size, maternal age, gravidity, parity, ethnicity, and method of delivery. Infant birth weight was recorded within the first 2 hours of life. Results: There was no correlation between maternal shoe size and birth weight (r = 0.01; P = NS). There was no correlation between shoe size and birth weight when corrected for parity and ethnicity. Conclusion: There is no correlation between maternal shoe and infant birth weight. This anthropometric measure should not be used to estimate infant birth weight.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 426-428 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Family Practice