PEDIATRICS Vol. 97 No. 2 February 1996, pp. 235
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GENETIC COMPONENT AFFECTING BIRTH WEIGHT?

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A mother who was herself small for gestational age(SGA) has a 2.5 higher risk (relative risk) of having a SGA child compared with a mother who was not SGA. The corresponding relative risk for preterm births was 1.2, and the relative risk for low birth weight was 2.2.