Factores de riesgo de bajo peso al nacer en un hospital cubano, 1997-2000

To compare low birth weight (LBW: <2,500 g) between infants born to adolescent and adult mothers in Iquitos, Peru. A random sample of 4,467 records of women who delivered at the Hospital Apoyo Iquitos between 2005 and 2007 was collected from hospital birth registries. Multivariate logistic and linear regression analyses were performed to compare LBW in newborns of adolescents (10-14, 15-19 years) and adults (≥20 years) and then for primiparous mothers with a normal gestational age, adjusting for newborn sex, antenatal care, and location of the mother's residence. A total of 4,384 mothers had had a singleton live birth and 1,501 were primiparous with a normal gestational age. Early and late adolescents had significantly greater odds of having a LBW infant than adults (OR = 2.28, 95%CI: 1.09, 4.78; OR = 1.67, 95%CI: 1.30, 2.14, respectively). For primiparous mothers with a normal gestational age, the same was true only for early adolescents (OR = 3.07, 95%CI: 1.09, 8.61). There were significant differences in mean birth weight between adults (3178.7 g) and both adolescent age groups overall (10-14 years: 2848.9 g; 15-19 years: 2998.3 g) and for primiparous mothers with a normal gestational age (10-14 years: 2900.8 g; 15-19 years: 3059.2 g; ≥20 years: 3151.8 g). Results suggest there is an important difference between adolescent and adult mothers in terms of newborn birth weight, especially among early adolescents. Future research on LBW and possibly other adverse birth outcomes should consider early adolescents as a separate sub-group of higher risk.

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A Comparison of Low Birth Weight Among Newborns of Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents, and Adult Mothers in the Peruvian Amazon

Ryan

Casapía

Aguilar

et al. 2010

Matern Child Health J

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Consideraciones epidemiológicas del recién nacido vivo de bajo peso. Estudio de 9 años

A.¹,

Sánchez-Almeida²

2010

Clínica e Investigación en Ginecología y Obstetricia

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Facteurs de risque de petit poids de naissance à Brazzaville, Congo

Mabiala-Babela

Matingou

Senga

2007

Journal de Gynécologie Obstétrique et Biologie de la Reproducti

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Factores de riesgo de bajo peso al nacer en un hospital cubano, 1997-2000

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A Comparison of Low Birth Weight Among Newborns of Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents, and Adult Mothers in the Peruvian Amazon

A Comparison of Low Birth Weight Among Newborns of Early Adolescents, Late Adolescents, and Adult Mothers in the Peruvian Amazon

Consideraciones epidemiológicas del recién nacido vivo de bajo peso. Estudio de 9 años

Facteurs de risque de petit poids de naissance à Brazzaville, Congo

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