Environmental risk factors associated with low birth weight: The case study of the Haifa Bay Area in Israel

Svechkina, Alina; Dubnov, Jonathan; Portnov, Boris A.

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2018.05.006

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“…Evidence shows that exclusive breastfeeding up to six months, complementary feeding for two years of age and early initiation of breast milk within hour of birth results in adequate growth among low birth weight babies and lower the risk of newborn deaths 39 , 40 . Environmental factors as good personal hygiene and improved sanitation could reduce LBW incidence and decrease child mortality by 14–31% 14 . Study also proved that the LBW, with premature birth (< 37 week), intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and other genetic factors may develop cardiovascular and renal diseases 41 .…”

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“…Past research has revealed that the factors like length of gestation, parity, perinatal care, parent’s education level, low socio-economic status, maternal anemia, short stature of the mother, birth spacing and infections are strongly associated with LBW 9 – 13 . Other environmental factors like good personal hygiene and improved sanitation could reduce LBW incidence and decrease child mortality by 14–31% 14 . LBW has long term consequences on postnatal development, increased risk of respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, polycythemia, mental disabilities, cerebral palsy, food intake issues, sensory and vision dysfunction and later in life this can develop cardiovascular diseases and diabetes 15 – 18 .…”

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Impact of children born with low birth weight on stunting and wasting in Sindh province of Pakistan: a propensity score matching approach

Abbas

Kumar

Mahmood³

et al. 2021

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Low Birth Weight (LBW) is considered as a major public health issue and leading cause of neonatal death. Almost one in four newborns are reported as underweight in Pakistan. Children born with low birth weight are highly vulnerable to develop diseases and death and/or remain undernourished (i.e., stunted and wasted). This study determines the LBW newborns are more prone to develop stunting and wasting in province of Sindh, Pakistan. Moreover, regression-based estimation of the impact of LBW on the child health outcomes of under five years of age, may be prone to selection bias because of the nature of non-experimental data set, thus, propensity score matching methods are used in this study. Data for this study was used from Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS-2014). MICS is a two-stage, stratified cluster sampling household level data covering urban and rural areas and consists of 19,500 households from five administrative divisions and 28 districts of Sindh province of Pakistan. The total sample size of children less than five years of age after cleaning the data are 7781, of which 2095 are LBW having birth weight categorized as “smaller than average and very small” and 5686 are normal birth weight (NBW) having birth weight very large, larger than average, and average. This study employed propensity score matching (PSM) regression methods to understand whether the children born as low birth weight are more prone to stunting and wasting and/or both. In province of Sindh, moderate wasting children under five years were 21%, severe wasting 6% and both wasting and stunting 10%. The propensity score results are shown significant in all groups. Specifically, all four types of PSM methods confirm a significant difference in the potential outcome variables—meaning that a child born with LBW has a significant adverse effect on the potential child health outcome variables (stunting, wasting and both). Thus, the propensity score matching findings confirm a significant and adverse effect of LBW on potential health outcomes of under five children. Similarly, low birth weight children are significantly more likely to be moderately wasted (OR = 1.5, CI = 1.3–1.6) and severely wasted (OR = 1.6, CI = 1.3–2.0) and both (stunted and wasted, OR = 2.0, CI = 1.7–2.3) as compared to children with normal birth weight. Male children, if born with low birth weight, are significantly more likely to be moderately wasted (OR = 1.3, CI = 1.1–1.5) and both (wasted and stunted, OR = 1.3, CI = 1.1–1.5) than girls. This large data analysis finding proved that the LBW newborns are on higher risk to develop wasting and stunting in Pakistan.

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Impact of children born with low birth weight on stunting and wasting in Sindh province of Pakistan: a propensity score matching approach

Abbas

Kumar

Mahmood³

et al. 2021

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“…Only the data of survived women were analysed, therefore excluding determinants of the more adversely affected mothers may cause additional selection bias. We did not investigate some known risk factors for LBW including genetic45 46 or environmental factors47–49 due to limitations of the AfHDS 2015 dataset. As the instruments used to measure birth weight were not calibrated or validated by the survey team, this could also cause some misclassification, though this misclassification is more likely to be non-differential in nature.…”

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Factors associated with low birth weight in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional analysis of the demographic and health survey 2015

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ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the factors associated with low birth weight (LBW) in Afghanistan.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingThis study used data collected from the Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015.ParticipantsFacility-based data from 2773 weighted live-born children enrolled by a two-stage sampling strategy were included in our analysis.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe primary outcome was LBW, defined as birth weight <2.5kg.ResultsOut of 2773 newborns, 15.5% (n=431) had LBW. Most of these newborns were females (58.3%, n=251), had a mother with no formal schooling (70.5%, n=304), lived in urban areas (63.4%, n=274) or lived in the Central region of Afghanistan (59.7%, n=257). In multivariable analysis, residence in Central (adjusted OR (AOR): 3.4; 95% CI 1.7 to 6.7), Central Western (AOR: 3.0; 95% CI 1.5 to 5.8) and Southern Western (AOR: 4.0; 95% CI 1.7 to 9.1) regions had positive association with LBW. On the other hand, male children (AOR: 0.5; 95% CI 0.4 to 0.8), newborns with primary maternal education (AOR: 0.5; 95% CI 0.3 to 0.8), birth interval ≥48 months (AOR: 0.4; 95% CI 0.1 to 0.8), belonging to the richest wealth quintile (AOR: 0.2; 95% CI 0.1 to 0.6) and rural residence (AOR: 0.3; 95% CI 0.2 to 0.6) had decreased odds of LBW.ConclusionsMultiple factors had association with LBW in Afghanistan. Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health programmes should focus on enhancing maternal education and promoting birth spacing to prevent LBW. To reduce the overall burden of LBW, women of the poorest wealth quintiles, and residents of Central, Central Western and South Western regions should also be prioritised. Further exploration is needed to understand why urban areas are associated with higher likelihood of LBW. In addition, research using nationally representative samples are required.

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“…One possible explanation may relate to the fact that health during pregnancy can be affected by residential area. In several studies, conditions involving adverse environmental factors such as air pollution, exposure to smoking, and noise pollution have been significantly associated with maternal and foetal health [ 23 – 26 ]. Thus, urban residency may be a novel risk factor for congenital blepharoptosis.…”

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Prevalence and risk factors of childhood blepharoptosis in Koreans: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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Choi

Shin

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Purpose: Childhood blepharoptosis may cause cosmetic and functional problems in children, but there is a paucity of studies about its epidemiology. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of childhood blepharoptosis and associated risk factors in a representative Korean population. Methods: This cross-sectional nation-wide study analysed the data set acquired from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008–2012. A total of 8218 children aged 3–18 years were included. The prevalence of childhood blepharoptosis, defined as a margin reflex distance (MRD) of < 2 mm in either eye, was estimated, and the risk factors were identified using multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: The mean age of participants was 11.3 ± 0.1 years, and 52.8 ± 0.6% were boys. The overall prevalence of childhood blepharoptosis in Korea was 8.0% (95% CI, 6.9–9.1%). Boys exhibited a higher prevalence of blepharoptosis than girls at most of ages. Levator function increased with age in the normal general population. The proportion of subjects exhibiting MRD1 ≥ 4.0 mm also increased significantly with age ( p < 0.001). Male gender, higher body mass index, and urban residency were significantly associated with childhood blepharoptosis. Conclusions: The prevalence of childhood blepharoptosis is higher in urban obese boys. The increase of levator function with age should be considered in evaluations of childhood ptosis.

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Environmental risk factors associated with low birth weight: The case study of the Haifa Bay Area in Israel

Cited by 17 publications

References 67 publications

Impact of children born with low birth weight on stunting and wasting in Sindh province of Pakistan: a propensity score matching approach

Impact of children born with low birth weight on stunting and wasting in Sindh province of Pakistan: a propensity score matching approach

Factors associated with low birth weight in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional analysis of the demographic and health survey 2015

Prevalence and risk factors of childhood blepharoptosis in Koreans: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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