Secular change in birthweight among Southeast Asian immigrants to the United States

D.-K. Li, H. Ni, S.M. Schwartz and J.R. Daling

American Journal of Public Health, 1990, vol. 80, issue 6, 685-688

Abstract: We analyzed the Washington State births in 1980-1986 to Southeast Asian parents whose birth place was coded as being outside of the US. The mean birthweight increased from 3188 grams in 1980-81 to 3283 grams in 1986, an annual increment of about 18 grams (95% CI = 11, 25 grams). The prevalence of low birthweight (

Date: 1990
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