Introduction: Birth Weight is a major determinant of child health and nutrition and LBW [low birth weight] used as benchmark of mellowness. It has remained significant community health problem in India both because of high frequency and related mortalities and morbidities with it. This study was designed to find out the prevalence of LBW and possible maternal factors affecting it. Method: A cross-sectional hospital based community study was conducted at Dhiraj Hospital from Feb 2017 to April 2017; total 100 pregnant women were participated in this study, who delivered babies at obstetrics and gynecology ward. Information was collected from the mothers by pre-tested semi structured questionnaire. Percentage of incidences and statistical tests like Odds ratio [OR], chisquare test were used to evaluate the association between maternal factors and birth weight. Result: The incidence of LBW was found to be 38%. Gender wise evaluation of LBW babies shows about 53% of male child and 47% of female child, which indicates near about equal incidence of LBW in male and female babies. In the present study the risk of LBW associated with maternal factors like age of mother < 20 yrs [OR=2.1], <10.0 % Hemoglobin [OR=1.7] and education of mother [OR=1.4].Conclusion: LBW was found to be 38% and it is considered as major public problem which needs attention. By proper counseling for marriageable age, conception age of mother and improving maternal nutrition will directly benefit the health of mothers and child.
A nthropometry is the measurement of physical characteristics of the human body at different ages [1]. It includes taking accurate, highly standardized measurements to objectively depict size and form of body. Anthropometric measurement is an integral part of pediatric examination which includes weight, height or length, head circumference (HC), mid-arm circumference, and body mass index. The data on anthropometric measurements of children reflect general health status, and growth and development overtime [2]. Anthropometry has become an important tool in the study of genetic conditions, particularly as a diagnostic aid for the clinical geneticist [3]. As the best pediatric practice, anthropometric measurements have always played a role as one of the first and best screening tools for growth, nutrition, and development of child.Widely used WHO growth charts are available in the form of digital apps and software for easy access, uploading, and data recovery for pediatricians. Most of the apps will mention only if the parameters are <-3 or more than +3 standard deviations (SD)and not beyond that. The exact SD is important in identifying the severity of growth failure and microcephaly and also they give clues to the genetic mechanisms and diagnostic clues responsible for the reduced somatic growth. We planned this study to calculate the exact SD of the weight, height, and HC in children with global developmental delay (GDD) using "anthropometry calculator" a digital app, based on the WHO growth charts. MATERIALS AND METHODSThis case-control study was done in the Department of Paediatrics of a Medical College of Maharashtra by retrospectively analyzing the data of children admitted between March 2018 and May 2019. Ethical clearance was obtained for the study from the Institutional Ethics Committee. Cases were children of age group 3 months-5 years presenting with GDD to the pediatric genetic clinic during the study period. Diagnostic criteria for GDD included a delay in two or more developmental domains: Gross and fine motor; speech and language; cognition; and personal and social developmental [4]. Those children with intrapartum asphyxia, postnatal central nervous infections, or birth trauma were excluded from the study.
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