Genetic effect on apgar score
Genet. mol. biol
; 22(1): 13-6, Mar. 1999. tab
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ABSTRACT
Intraclass correlation coefficients for one- and five-min Apgar scores of 604 twin pairs born at a southeastern Brazilian hospital were calculated, after adjusting these scores for gestational age and sex. The data support a genetic hypothesis only for 1-min Apgar score, probably because it is less affected by the environment than 4 min later, after the newborns have been under the care of a neonatology team. First-born twins exhibited, on average, better clinical conditions than second-born twins. The former showed a significantly lower proportion of Apgar scores under seven than second-born twins, both at 1 min (17.5 per cent vs. 29.8 per cent) and at 5 min (7.2 per cent vs. 11.9 per cent). The proportion of children born with "good" Apgar scores was significantly smaller among twins than among 1,522 singletons born at the same hospital. Among the latter, 1- and 5-min Apgar scores under seven were exhibited by 9.2 per cent and 3.4 per cent newborns, respectively.
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Asunto principal:
Puntaje de Apgar
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Gemelos
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Genet. mol. biol
Asunto de la revista:
GENETICA
Año:
1999
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Article