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Temperature 1 hour after birth in infants randomized to a plastic bag or control group plotted by birth weight. The dotted lines are the limits of normothermia. More infants randomized to a plastic bag compared with control infants had normal temperatures. The effect happened across the birth weight strata. Hyperthermia (>38°C) was not seen.
