Wpływ sytuacji socjoekonomicznej rodziny na urodzeniową długość i masę ciała dziewcząt z Krakowa

Abstract

IntroductionModifiers (socioeconomic status, ecosystem conditions) beside genetic factors are one of the regulators in ontogenesis process. AimThe aim of the study was to examine whether, in the age of economical and cultural changes in Poland, maternal education level as a measure of socioeconomic status, still exerts a differentiating impact on foetal growth and development. Material and methodsThe questionnaire data from mothers of 269 girls, aged 3–9, domiciled in Krakow, Poland, who took part in the anthropological research between 2007 and 2009, were used as a research material. The study used the data concerning the infant's and parental body size, the course of pregnancy and labour and parental socioeconomic status. ResultsThe research group did not show differences in neonatal parameters in infants, whose mothers declared different educational level, despite the fact that among the mothers with low educational level the higher frequency of cigarette smoking and the status of single mothers were observed. ConclusionsNo relationship between newborns’ body length or body mass, and theirs mothers education was found. The factors which influence on disappearance of differences in newborns’ outcomes are still unknown.