A high ponderal index at birth has been associated with ... Characteristics of the 1040 mothers and babies are presented in Table 1. Mean birth weight was 3152 (s.d. 762) g and the mean ...

Objectives: To assess the effect of birth weight, length and ponderal index at birth on body mass index (BMI) and skinfold thickness in early adolescence. Subjects/Methods: Population-based ...

According to the study, as the body mass index of pregnant mothers increased from the years 1990 to 2005, so did a measure of body fat composition in newborns known as the ponderal index.

Among 390 newborns of women with PCOS and 68,708 ... The PCOS group also had a lower ponderal index -- calculated as the birth weight in g × 100 divided by the birth length in cm 3-- (-0.04 ...