Study: Maternal adult characteristics do not predict stillbirth, early neonatal death

(University of Illinois at Chicago) University of Illinois Chicago researchers studying birth outcomes in marmoset monkeys found there were no adult maternal characteristics like age or weight gain during pregnancy to predict stillbirth or early neonatal death, but that a mother's birth weight or litter size were associated with early neonatal death.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news