Large for date baby may be due to:

Beckwith syndrome is charectorised by : macrosomia, macroglossia and omphalocele. cytogenic location is 11q15 and is associated with wilm's tumour of kidney. other risk factors which our likelihood of large fetus are : large size of parents multiparity prolonged gestation increased maternal age male fetus previous infant weighing more than 4kg race or ethnicity. ref:williams textbook of obstetrics, 23edition page 854