OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) and its association with maternal factors. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Urban community. SUBJECTS Cohort of 210 pregnant women. RESULTS The LBW prevalence was 30.3%. On multivariate analyses the maternal factors significantly associated with LBW were anemia (OR-4.81), low socioeconomic status (OR-3.96), short birth interval (OR...

The data of the Population Labour Force and Migration (PLM) Survey of 1979-1980 was analyzed in order to study spacing between births as well as differentials in urban and rural areas, differentials by age at marriage, urbanization, education, work pattern, and contraceptive use. The median intervals from PLM Survey of 1979-80 and Pakistan Fertility Survey (PFS) of 1975 birth histories were co...

Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) during pregnancy is a common nutritional disorder with adverse effects for the baby, such as premature birth and low birth weight, and the mother, such as cardiovascular symptoms and reduced physical and mental strength. Therefore, identifying factors affective on IDA will assist the improvement of the health of the mother and fetus. This study aimed to ...

The ages at which females establish marital union and give first birth depend on and result in varying demographic features. Utilizing the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey Data, this study examined determinants of first birth interval. The analysis was made using Cox proportional hazard model and Kaplan Meier plot based on data collected from 10,240 ever-married women in the age group 15...

The objective was to study the association between birth weight and the insulin sensitivity index. Altogether, 331 unrelated Caucasian subjects aged 18-32 years with measures of the insulin sensitivity index and insulin secretion during a combined intravenous glucose and tolbutamide tolerance test were included in the study. The data on birth weight and length were obtained from the midwife rec...

INTRODUCTION Preterm birth is the most important cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. It is a multifactorial disease with different etiologies, including genetic factors. Genetic variability is represented by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes of proteins involved in the contractile activity. We determine the association between SNP 12109G> A in REN associated with preterm bi...

It was hypothesized that a short interpregnancy interval immediately following the birth of an infant that had succumbed to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (and no other cause of death) would be associated with a reduced mean birth weight in the next infant. Mothers who had given birth to two children in the state of Oregon between 1975 and 1984 and whose first child had died in infancy fro...

BACKGROUND Short birth intervals are independently associated with increased risk of adverse maternal, perinatal, infant and child outcomes. Anemia in children, which is highly prevalent in Africa, is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Birth spacing is advocated as a tool to reduce anemia in preschool African children, but the role of gender differences and contextual...

In this experiment, 98 multiparous Yorkshire sows blocked on farrowing date were randomly assigned to four treatments in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement. Oxygen inhalation (6 L/min) by the sow was tested in an effort to reduce stillbirth rate and improve pig viability. This study also tested the effect of increasing uterine contractions using neostigmine (5 mg) to determine whether simultaneous a...