[Influence of Parental Body Measurements on Birth Weight of Eutrophic Term Newborns with Special Consideration of Paternal Body Measurements].

A significant influence of maternal body height and weight on neonatal birth outcome has been confirmed before, whereas the influence of paternal traits is rather unknown. In order to analyze the correlation between parental body measurements and the birth weight of newborns, data of 1312 eutrophic term newborns and their parents were collected based on a multicenter study in 10 participating German maternity clinics. The collected data included the birth weight of the infants and the body height and weight of their parents.