The inhabitancy height above the sea level as a factor of the differences in body weight of newborns of different ethnicities

Along with the socio-economic and environmental factors on body weight newborns are strongly influence climatic conditions of the inhabitancy and, in particular, the height above the sea level. Studies in which implemented the differentiated approach to assessing the impact of climatic factors on the body weight of newborns of different ethnicities are rare. The aim of the our study was to examine the body weight of newborn children of the Kyrgyzstan for the time from 2003 to 2011, depending on the height of the inhabitancy of their mothers above the sea level, with taking into account the impact of environmental, economic factors, and their ethnicity. In the study was determined the body weight of 6573 newborn children (3359 boys, 3214 girls) of the Kyrgyz ethnicity and of the Uzbek ethnicity of four different areas of Kyrgyzstan, which located at different altitudes above the sea level. For the study of social, environmental conditions and other characteristics theirs mothers were interviewed by the specially developed questionnaire...