Socio-demographic and consanguinity risk factors associated with low birthweight.
J Pak Med Assoc
; 63(5): 598-603, 2013 May.
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| ID: mdl-23757988
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To examine socio-demographic and biological risk factors associated with mothers giving birth to a low birthweight newborn among Arab women in Qatar.METHODS:
The case-control study was conducted at two main tertiary hospitals in Qatar in which participants were prospectively identified from January 2010 to April 2011. Data were collected by survey on maternal ethnicity, age, education, socioeconomic status, body mass index, consanguinity and gestational age. A total of 16,500 newborns were screened for low birthweight. A total of 863 mothers of low birthweight cases and an equal number of mothers of normal-weight babies were studied.RESULTS:
Qatari mothers were found to be 1.2 times as likely to have a low birthweight (< 2500g) newborn compared to other Arab women (p < 0.057). Mothers with a primary school education were 1.6 times as likely as university educated mothers to have a low birthweight newborn (p < 0.006). Likewise, obese mothers were 1.5 times as likely as their normal-weight counterparts (p < 0.009). Consanguineous couples who were first-degree cousins were 1.9 times as likely as non-related couples to have a low birthweight newborn (p < 0.001). Newborns with a gestational age of < 37 weeks were 19.6 times as likely as those > or = 37 weeks to have a low birthweight (p < 0.001).CONCLUSION:
The majority of the risk factors associated with low birthweight were modifiable. Health education campaigns need to target the most vulnerable groups to reduce the rates of low birthweight among Arabs in Qatar.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Recém-Nascido de Baixo Peso
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Consanguinidade
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Árabes
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article