No significant correlation between birth weight, length, ponderal index and blood pressure was observed.
M.C.V.A. Nascimento, C.C. Xavier, E.M.A. Goulart 2002, 'Arterial blood pressure of term newborns during the first week of life', Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Researchhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000800007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two showed repeated respiratory tract infections and had low ponderal gain.
Francisco José Araújo Chamié de Queiróz, Raul Ivo Rossi Filho, Sérgio Ramos, CésarEsteves, Daniel Silva Chamié de Queiróz, Paulo Renato Machado, João Carlos Tress,Stella Suzana Horowitz, Helder Paupério, Rosaura Victer 2005, 'Oclusão percutânea das comunicações interventriculares: experiência inicial Interventricularseptal defects percutaneous occlusion: initial experiment', Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2005001600005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
They underwent three blood pressure measurements as well as ponderal measurements.
Guillermo Alberto Pérez Fernández 2009, 'ESTATURA Y PESO CORPORAL. ¿QUÉ INFLUYE MÁS SOBRE LAS CIFRAS DE TENSIÓN ARTERIAL? /Body height and weight. Which one has more influence on blood pressure figures?',CorSaludhttp://bvs.sld.cu/revistas/cors/pdf/2009/v1n2a09/estatura.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Although males were born on average heavier, with higher body mass index and ponderal index, these differences were not sustained.
Emma M Baxter, Susan Jarvis, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Sandra A Edwards 2012, 'The weaker sex? The propensity for male-biased piglet mortality.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3260262?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Secondary outcomes in the infants will include birth weight, birth head circumference, and linear and ponderal growth.
D. Taylor Hendrixson, Aminata Shamit Koroma, Meghan Callaghan-Gillespie, Jacklyn Weber,Peggy Papathakis, Mark J. Manary 2018, 'Use of a novel supplementary food and measures to control inflammation in malnourishedpregnant women in Sierra Leone to improve birth outcomes: study protocol for a prospective,randomized, controlled clinical effectiveness trial', BMC Nutritionhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40795-018-0218-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Estimates for ponderal index showed the same pattern indicating an increasing risk of neonatal fatness with severity of obesity.
Ellen A Nohr, Nicholas J Timpson, Camilla S Andersen, George Davey Smith, Jørn Olsen,Thorkild I A Sørensen 2009, 'Severe obesity in young women and reproductive health: the Danish National Birth Cohort.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2793537?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both ponderal indices exhibited similar results.
Jeferson Silva Novaes, Jeferson Macedo Vianna, Viviane Ribeiro Ávila Vianna, LeonardoGonçalves Ribeiro, Leandro Nogueira Dutra, Vinicius Oliveira Damasceno, Jorge RobertoPerrout Lima 2003, 'Body mass index and reciprocal of ponderal index as predictors of overweight and obesity',Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humanohttp://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/article/view/3951/3353. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)