In other terms, pregnant women who gained 22.5 kilograms had double the risk of having an infant with a highbirthweight compared with those who only gained about nine kilograms.
换言之,与体重仅增加9公斤相比,体重增加22.5公斤的孕妇所生婴儿体重高的风险加倍。
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Autism is characterized by highbirthweight, which one might expect if autism were caused by an overly paternally influenced brain, given the link between imprinting and growth-regulating genes.
Previous research has shown that women who pack on too many pounds during pregnancy increase their chances of having highbirth-weight babies who become overweight or obese later in life, she says.