Document Type
Article
Department
Community Health Sciences
Abstract
To evaluate maternal risk factors associated with low birth weight (LBW) among women aged 15-35 years, we carried out a hospital-based, case-control study on 262 cases (mothers of neonates weighing < or = 2.5 kg) and 262 controls (mothers of neonates weighing > 2.5 kg). Odds of delivering a low-birth-weight baby decreased with increase in maternal haemoglobin [odds ratio (OR): 0.701; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.62-0.79]. Odds were greater among mothers not using iron supplements during pregnancy (OR: 2.88; 95% CI: 1.83-4.54). Mothers of LBW babies had lower haemoglobin levels before delivery.
Publication ( Name of Journal)
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Recommended Citation
Rizvi, S. A.,
Hatcher, J.,
Jehan, I.,
Qureshi, R.
(2007). Maternal risk factors associated with low birth weight in Karachi: A case-control study. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 13(6), 1343-1352.
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