Mother's birth weight and survival of their offspring: population based study

Skjaerven R, Wilcox AJ

1997

Norway

All birth records for women born in Norway since 1967 were linked to birth during 1981-94 thereby forming 105,104 mother-offspring units. The main conclusion is that mothers weighing less than 2000g at birth have a higher risk of losing their own babies. Babies who are small relative to their mother's birth weight are at increased risk of mortality.

This is one of the studies suggesting that the human reproductive potential is to a great extent determined in fetal life. See entry 0105