Pattern and Determinants of Birth Weight in a Rural Population of Punjab, India
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction: Birth weight is a strong predictor for ensuring healthy life of a newborn and is af-fected by various maternal and so-cial determinants. The study was planned to analyze the pattern of birth weight of newborns and to identify possible factors affecting birth weight. Materials and Methods: A commu-nity based retrospective cohort study was conducted by identifying a birth cohort of 332 live born be-tween 1st January 2014 to 31st De-cember, 2014 under Rural Health Training Centre, Department of Community Medicine, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhi-ana, Punjab. Data on birth weight and socio-demographic characteris-tics was collected from the records maintained at the centre by health workers through regular house to house visits. Results: Mean birth weight was 2.69±0.57kg. Lower mean birth weight was significantly associated with younger maternal age, lower socio-economic status, lower ma-ternal height and pre-pregnancy underweight mothers. The inci-dence of low birth weight (<2.5 kg) was 18.1%. Among all live births, 23.8% were delivered prior to 37 weeks of gestation (preterm). Multi-ple regression analysis identified younger maternal age, low maternal height and underweight mothers as significant determinants associated with lower mean birth weight. Conclusion: The study identifies certain determinants for lower birth weight for which appropriate inter-ventions need to be planned to en-sure a healthy ageing.
Authors and Affiliations
Mahesh Satija, Vikram Kumar Gupta, Anurag Chaudhary, Sarit Sharma, Sangeeta Girdhar, Surinderpal Singh
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