| Literature DB >> 7575836 |
Y A al-Eissa1, H S Ba'Aqeel, K N Haque, A M AboBakr, T M al-Kharfy, T Y Khashoggi, M A al-Husain.
Abstract
In a clinical study from an unselected Saudi obstetric population, the incidence of and risk factors for intrauterine growth retardation among live births were investigated. From a total study group of 4578 consecutive live births, 76 (1.7%) infants were found to be growth retarded. These infants were then compared with a randomly selected control group of 76 term newborns with appropriate birthweight for their gestational ages. Delivery at term of a growth-retarded infant was significantly associated with maternal age under 20 years, maternal body mass index less than 23, first degree consanguinity, poor housing, primiparity, and inadequate prenatal care in univariate analysis. When considered jointly in multivariate logistic regression analysis, the significant determinants were reduced to primiparity, first degree consanguinity, and poor housing. These risk factors correctly predicted 63% and 71% of the intrauterine growth-retarded infants or normal birthweight infants, respectively.Entities:
Keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Case Control Studies; Child Development; Consanguinity; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fetus; Genetics; Geographic Factors; Growth--determinants; Housing; Incidence; Low Birth Weight--determinants; Measurement; Parity; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy; Primiparity; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Research Report; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Saudi Arabia; Spatial Distribution; Studies; Western Asia
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7575836 DOI： 10.1055/s-2007-994474
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Perinatol ISSN： 0735-1631 Impact factor: 1.862