JOURNAL OF TROPICAL PEDIATRICS, VOL. 60, NO. 6, 2014
Research letters Gender Differences in Outcomes of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Neonates: the Male Disadvantage Summary
Key words: low birth weight, male, mortality, neonate, preterm. Males exhibit higher mortality than females at every age nearly worldwide [1]. However, there has been only one study from India till date corroborating this finding [2]. Therefore, through the following study, an attempt was made to establish the difference in mortality between males and females among neonates born with two established risk factors of septicaemia—low birth weight (
Research letters Gender Differences in Outcomes of Low Birth Weight and Preterm Neonates: the Male Disadvantage Summary
Key words: low birth weight, male, mortality, neonate, preterm. Males exhibit higher mortality than females at every age nearly worldwide [1]. However, there has been only one study from India till date corroborating this finding [2]. Therefore, through the following study, an attempt was made to establish the difference in mortality between males and females among neonates born with two established risk factors of septicaemia—low birth weight (
