 Birth Weight
"Birth Weight" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual at BIRTH. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
| Descriptor ID |
D001724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.186 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.186 E05.041.124.160.750.149 G07.100.100.160.120.186 G07.345.249.314.120.186
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| Concept/Terms |
Birth Weight- Birth Weight
- Birth Weights
- Weight, Birth
- Weights, Birth
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2000 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2007 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2008 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2009 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 2010 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2012 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2013 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2014 | 8 | 9 | 17 | | 2015 | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 2016 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2017 | 7 | 9 | 16 | | 2018 | 5 | 16 | 21 | | 2019 | 9 | 11 | 20 | | 2020 | 7 | 10 | 17 | | 2021 | 2 | 8 | 10 | | 2022 | 0 | 18 | 18 | | 2023 | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 2024 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2025 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Birth Weight" by people in Profiles.
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Bandoli G, Psaras C, Bakhireva LN, Burris HH, Ciciolla L, Coles CD, DeMauro SB, Osmundson SS, Merhar SL, Smith L, Acheson A, Bogdan R, Croff JM, Cutting LE, Conway KP, Fallin MD, Gao W, Garavan H, Gregory K, Gurka KK, Gurka MJ, Horan HL, Howlett KD, Howell BR, Huang H, Kable JA, LeBlanc KH, Linkersdörfer J, Marienfeld CB, McKelvey LM, Morris AS, Ou X, Peralta-Carcelen M, Pini N, Potter AS, Rogers CE, Sullivan EL, Sun S, Thompson WK, Thomason ME, Volk HE, Wilson S, Zgierska AE, Zink J, Smyser CD, Nelson CA, Chambers CD. Prenatal Substance Exposure and Birth Weight: Findings From the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study. Pediatrics. 2026 Jun 01; 157(6).
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Shchetinina A, Haneuse S, Chambers C, Tiemeier H, Slopen N. Prenatal alcohol exposure, birthweight, and externalizing behavior in children: Insights from sex-stratified four-way decomposition. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2026 Mar; 50(3):e70266.
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Goin DE, Ghidey R, Schuh H, Dean LT, Barrett E, Bastain TM, Buckley JP, Bush NR, Camerota M, Carroll KN, Cragoe N, Cushing LJ, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Eick SM, Elliott AJ, Felson T, Geiger SD, Gilliland FD, James-Todd T, Kahn LG, Kasman M, Kuiper JR, Leventhal B, Lucchini M, Nelson M, Norman G, Nutor C, O'Shea TM, Padula AM, Schantz SL, Mehta-Lee SS, Steiger B, Woodruff TJ, Wright RJ, Morello-Frosch RA. Applying mixtures methodology to analyze how exposure to structural racism and economic disadvantage affect perinatal health outcomes: an ECHO study. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 Feb 05; 195(2):464-476.
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D'Adamo A, Kress AM, Habre R, Towe-Goodman N, Desjardins MR, Alshawabkeh A, Aris IM, Camargo CA, Carroll KN, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Chu SH, Civil Y, Craft AL, Croen LA, Deoni S, Dsa V, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Ganiban JM, Ghassabian A, Hartert T, Watts DJ, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Koinis-Mitchell D, Kramer M, McEvoy CT, Mirzakhani H, O'Connor TG, Perng W, Schmidt RJ, Shah U, Tung I, Wright RJ, Knapp EA. Residential mobility during pregnancy and birth outcomes in the United States: The environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort (2010-2019). Ann Epidemiol. 2026 Mar; 115:15-22.
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Gilley SP, Westcott JL, Kemp JF, Long JM, Hambidge KM, Shankar K, Krebs NF. A Multicountry Analysis of Maternal Selenium Status in Pregnancy and Lactation and Infant Birth Outcomes: Findings from the Women First Maternal Preconception Study. J Nutr. 2026 Feb; 156(2):101279.
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Nzegwu AW, Dickerson AS, Miller K, Szpiro A, Hipwell AE, Elliot AJ, Padula AM, Dunlop AL, Starling AP, Ferrara A, Breton CV, Loftus CT, McEvoy CT, Dabelea D, Koinis-Mitchell D, Liang D, Oken E, Barrett ES, Volk H, Gern JE, Stanford JB, Herbstman JB, Wu J, Lyall K, Trasande L, Leve LD, Karagas MR, Pini N, Wright RJ, Nguyen RHN, Schantz SL, O'Connor TG, Sathyanarayana S, Karr CJ, Enquobahrie DA. Gestational fine particulate matter exposure and perinatal outcomes in the ECHO cohort: Associations across pregnancy windows. Environ Res. 2026 Mar 01; 292:123587.
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Cowell W, Hsu HL, Just AC, Kloog I, Coull BA, Wilson A, Hipwell AE, Karagas MR, Gilliland FD, Padula AM, Carroll KN, Kerver JM, Ghassabian A, Camargo CA, Dabelea D, Koinis-Mitchell D, D'Sa V, Abul MH, Braun JM, Croen LA, Hartert T, Shiroshita A, Peacock JL, Neiderhiser JM, Leve LD, Ganiban JM, Litonjua AA, McEvoy CT, Haag MB, Schmidt RJ, Goodrich AJ, Lyall K, Volk HE, O'Connor TG, Rich DQ, Porucznik CA, Wright RJ. Air Pollution Exposure and Birth Weight in the ECHO Cohort. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Dec 01; 8(12):e2551459.
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Romero Villela PN, Kelly KM, Balbona JV, Ehringer MA, Keller MC. Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Interacts With Genetic Factors to Increase Risk for Low Birth Weight but Not Harmful Offspring Smoking Behaviors in Europeans. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Sep 23; 27(10):1795-1804.
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Boggess K, Leach J, Dugoff L, Sibai B, Hughes BL, Bell J, Aagaard K, Edwards R, Gibson K, Haas DM, Plante L, Metz T, Casey B, Longo S, Hoffman MK, Saade GR, Hoppe KK, Foroutan J, Owens M, Simhan HN, Frey H, Rosen T, Palatnik A, Baker S, Kinzler W, Su E, Krishna I, Norton ME, Skupski D, El-Sayed YY, Librizzi R, Pereira L, Habli M, Williams S, Pridijan G, McKenna DS, Chang E, Osmundson S, Galis Z, Harper L, Ambalavanan N, Szychowski J, Tita A. Relationship Between Third-Trimester Low Maternal Blood Pressure and Small-for-Gestational-Age Birth Weight in Pregnant Individuals With Mild Chronic Hypertension. Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Jul 10; 146(3):405-412.
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Maldonado LE, Adair LS, Dabelea DM, Farzan SF, Breton CV, Dunlop AL, MacKenzie DA, Bastain TM. Racial/ethnic-derived maternal diets predict birth outcomes better than a diet derived from a combined sample among Hispanic/Latina and non-Hispanic White pregnant individuals in the ECHO Cohort. Nutrition. 2025 10; 138:112832.
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