NEONATAL SEX-RATIO IN PREGNANCIES OF ADOLESCENT MOTHERS

Authors
JAKOBOVITS AA ZUBEK L
Citation
Aa. Jakobovits et L. Zubek, NEONATAL SEX-RATIO IN PREGNANCIES OF ADOLESCENT MOTHERS, Acta medica Hungarica, 48(1-2), 1991, pp. 45-49
Citations number
NO
Journal title
Acta medica Hungarica → ACNP
ISSN journal
02365286
Volume
48
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1991
Pages
45 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0236-5286(1991)48:1-2<45:NSIPOA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The authors have reviewed the sex ratio in 353 offspring of adolescent parturients based on a 5-year material of their department. The 174 m ales and 179 females provided a sex ratio of 97.2; less than the usual ratio of 106. Interestingly, females are prevalent not only among low -birth-weight but also among average-birth-weight babies of adolescent s. The hypothesis is presented that the anatomy of the cervix and the chemical composition of the cervical mucus may affect the sex ratio in some manner.