Babies. Medical researchers at a large city hospital investigating the impact of prenatal care on newborn health collected data from 882 births during 1998 2000.

They kept track of the mother s age, the number of weeks the pregnancy lasted, the type of birth (cesarean, induced, natural), the level of prenatal care the mother had (none, minimal, adequate), the birth weight and sex of the baby, and whether the baby exhibited health problems (none, minor, major).