Relationship of hyperemesis gravidarum on the weights of school age children

Objective: To determine the relationship of HG on the mean weights of school age children. Design: A retrospective cohort analysis Setting: Pregnancy records of obstetrics admissions during a 5 year period (1997–2001) at Davao Doctors Hospital, Davao City Patients/ Participants: The children born from these mothers were traced in which most of them are in school age group (5–9 years old).138 pregnancy records were traced and only 63 children were contacted and weighed. Main Outcome Measures: Primary outcome measure was relationship of HG on the weights of the school age children 5 to 9 years old based on the cla…