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To quantify the magnitude of variation in major birth defect prevalence across infant birth-weight categories in a defined population.

November 1, 1991American journal of diseases of children

Prevalence of Birth Defects Among Low-Birth-Weight Infants

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FMFatima MiliCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

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Population-based study reveals an inverse relationship between birth weight and birth defect prevalence in singleton newborns, highlighting structural abnormalities as contributors to low weight.

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To quantify the magnitude of variation in major birth defect prevalence across infant birth-weight categories in a defined population.
Analyzed population-based surveillance data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Program from 1978 through 1988 (N=317,499 singleton live-born infants).
Identified 11,398 infants diagnosed with serious birth defects during their first year of life and stratified defect rates across five birth-weight categories.
The overall birth defect rate was 3.6%, demonstrating a pronounced inverse relationship with infant birth weight.
Defect rates were 16.2% for infants weighing <1500 g, 13.2% for 1500–1999 g, 6.2% for 2000–2499 g, 3.2% for 2500–3999 g, and 2.8% for ≥4000 g.

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Fatima Mili (1991) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895fb4991508d05dc980a3 https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1991.02160110105032

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Population-based study reveals an inverse relationship between birth weight and birth defect prevalence in singleton newborns, highlighting structural abnormalities as contributors to low weight.

Prevalence of Birth Defects Among Low-Birth-Weight Infants

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Prevalence of Birth Defects Among Low-Birth-Weight Infants

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