MOTHERS REMEMBER BIRTHWEIGHTS OF ADOLESCENT CHILDREN - THE MUSCATINE PONDEROSITY FAMILY STUDY
MOTHERS REMEMBER BIRTHWEIGHTS OF ADOLESCENT CHILDREN - THE MUSCATINE PONDEROSITY FAMILY STUDY
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DOI：
10.1093/ije/16.4.550
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发表时间：
1987-12-01
影响因子：
7.7
通讯作者：
LAUER, RM
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作者：
BURNS, TL;MOLL, PP;LAUER, RM
居住在爱荷华州马斯卡廷的127名青少年的母亲在一次诊所检查中被要求回忆她们孩子的出生体重（以磅和盎司为单位）。为了进行比较，获得了每个孩子的医院记录的出生体重。平均而言，母亲少报孩子的出生体重1.3盎司。127名母亲中有60名（47%）报告的出生体重与医院分娩记录中的相同；12%的母亲多报了至少5盎司的出生体重17%的母亲少报了至少5盎司。母亲的年龄和亲生子女的数量与准确回忆出生体重的能力有关。孩子们的平均年龄，也就是母亲回忆的平均时间是16.1岁。回忆时间的长短、母亲的受教育程度、母亲当前的体型以及孩子当前的体型都与回忆能力无关。然而，与少报孩子出生体重的母亲和她们的孩子相比，多报孩子出生体重的母亲明显更矮、更轻，她们的孩子往往更高、更重。当在我们的研究中发现报告的出生体重和记录的出生体重之间存在一致的程度时，在流行病学调查中使用报告的而不是记录的出生体重的影响就足够小，可以推断出出生体重与青春期中期体型之间的关系。
The mothers of 127 adolescents living in Muscatine, Iowa were asked at the time of a clinic examination to recall their child''s birthweight in pounds and ounces. For comparison, the hospital-recorded birthweight was obtained for each child. On the average, mothers underreported their child''s birthweight by 1.3 oz. Sixty of 127 (47%) mother-reported birthweights were the same as those from hospital delivery records; 12% of the mothers overreported the birthweight by at least 5 oz and 17% underreported by at least that amount. The age of the mother and number of biological children were related to the ability to recall the birthweight exactly. The mean age of the children, and thus the average length of the mother''s recall, was 16.1 years. Neither the length of recall, nor the mother''s education, her current body size, or the current body size of the child were related to recall ability. However, mothers who overreported their child''s birthweight were significantly shorter and lighter and their children tended to be taller and heavier, when compared to the mothers who underreported and their children. When the degree of agreement found in our study between reported and recorded birthweight exists, the effect of using reported rather than recorded birthweights in an epidemiological investigation is sufficiently small to allow inferences to be made regarding the relationship between birthweigth and body size at mid-adolescence.