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. 1985 Sep;60(9):868-70.
doi: 10.1136/adc.60.9.868.

Birth size in Indian ethnic subgroups born in Britain

P Chetcuti, S H Sinha, M I Levene

Birth size in Indian ethnic subgroups born in Britain

P Chetcuti et al. Arch Dis Child. 1985 Sep.

Abstract

Comparison in size at birth was made among Indian mothers of Hindu, Sikh, and Moslem origin living in Leicester and their infants, and white mothers and their infants. White infants were significantly heavier than infants from all Asian subgroups studied and had larger heads. Sikh babies were significantly longer and heavier than Moslem and Hindu babies, and in some respects were more comparable to white infants than their Indian peers. There were no important differences between the Moslem and Hindu babies.

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