Maternal risk factors associated with low birth weight

Amin, Nurul; Abel, Ronald M.; Velusamy, Sampathkumar

doi:10.1007/bf02822189

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“…13 Amin et al found that around 50% of mothers in each educational level were found to deliver LBW babies, indicating no effect of mother's education on LBW. 14 In the present study, percentage of low birth weight was higher in mothers having height less than 140 cm (28%) and in 140-145 cms (28.5%). A highly significant association was found between maternal height and birth weight of baby (p<0.001).…”

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“…15 Amin et al found 61.7% mothers with height <150cm delivered LBW babies, which was statistically not significant. 14 In the present study, the percentage of low birth weight babies was higher in second para and above (18%) compared with primiparous mothers (14%). Joshi and Pai observed that the percentage of LBW increased with increase in parity.…”

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confidence: 40%

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Low birth weight and its determinants in a teaching hospital of Karnataka, India

Sumana¹,

Sreelatha²,

Girija³

et al. 2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Low birth weight and its determinants in a teaching hospital of Karnataka, India

Sumana¹,

Sreelatha²,

Girija³

et al. 2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…This is in accordance with the studies of Roth et al 5 A significant association between primiparity and VLBW was observed in this study. This was comparable with the previous studies of Amin et al, Mallik et al 6,7 The incidence of VLBW is high when birth interval is less than 2 years than compared to birth interval more than 2 years. This may be due to a minimum period of 2-3 years for the mother's nutrition and general condition to attain the pre-pregnancy level.…”

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confidence: 92%

A study of maternal factors influencing very low birth weight babies

Mooorthi

Nadesan

Ramalingam

et al. 2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants present one of the greatest medical and ethical challenges to the medical field. Although they represent a small percentage of overall birth and NICU admissions, VLBW infants are often the most critically ill and at the highest risk for mortality and long-term morbidity of any NICU patients. The present study was conducted with aim to find out the maternal risk factors related to VLBW of newborn.Methods: This prospective case control study was conducted in Govt. R.S.R.M Lying in Hospital, which is affiliated to Stanley Medical College, during the period from January 2005- December 2005. The data related to maternal and new born variables were collected and evaluated by using Chi square test. P value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.Results: The incidence of VLBW newborns was found to be 2.08%. The most common cause of VLBW is preterm delivery (84%). Maternal factors like age, weight, parity, literacy, mid arm circumference, income, bad obstetric history of the mother and birth interval showed a significant association with the incidence of VLBW of the infants (P <0.05). Antenatal visits, maternal occupation and maternal disease had no significant (P >0.05) influence on the delivery of VLBW babies.Conclusions: In the present study, incidence of VLBW was associated with the maternal factors like age, parity, literacy, nutritional status, income, birth interval and previous history of bad obstetrics. Hence, the study concludes that pregnant women need to be careful of all these above factors so as to avoid VLBW babies.

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“…The difference revealed was statistically significant. This finding was similar to previous studies which revealed that primiparity is significantly associated with LBW [27,28]. It is considered that BMI is a good marker for the tissue nutrient reserves [29].…”

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Epidemiology of Low Birth Weight in the Town of Sidi Bel Abbes (West of Algeria): A Case-Control Study

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2014

J Nutr Food Sci

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Introduction:The Low birth weight is defined as a live birth weighting less than 2500 g and it is considered to be a major determinant of the child survival, his health and development.Objective: This study examined the frequency and risk factors that influence birth weight <2.5 kg (LBW) in the region of Sidi bel Abbes (west of Algeria). Materials and methods:A descriptive prospective case-control study was done during the period of June 2012 to January 2013. Total samples were 1828 pregnant women and their newborns in neonatology department of Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology in Sidi bel Abbes west Algeria. Results:At the end of this work, it appears a prevalence of 1828 new born, including maximum newborn babies 92.97% had birth weight 2.5 Kg or more and 128 newborns with low birth weight <2.5 Kg, or a rate of 7.02%. It was found that mean weight of newborn babies was 3386.95 ± 560.70 (g). This study confirms the close association between low birth weight newborn and prematurity, primiparity, short interpregnancy interval, multiple pregnancy, previous history of low birth weight, delayed of first antenatal visit, low pre-pregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain less than the recommendations, primary educated mothers, other complications and diseases which contributed to high prevalence of LBW included hypertension and gestational diabetes. Conclusion:It is essential to do a searching for pregnancies with higher risk of LWB like those who are primiparous or have short birth intervals, and it is also important to have better and more attentive prenatal care in order to reduce the incidence of LBW.

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Maternal risk factors associated with low birth weight

Cited by 27 publications

References 9 publications

Low birth weight and its determinants in a teaching hospital of Karnataka, India

Low birth weight and its determinants in a teaching hospital of Karnataka, India

A study of maternal factors influencing very low birth weight babies

Epidemiology of Low Birth Weight in the Town of Sidi Bel Abbes (West of Algeria): A Case-Control Study

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