Obstetric Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight amongst Full Term Babies Born at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Belgaum District, South India
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Results: A total of 1299 women delivered singleton live births at full term during the stipulated time period. Mean maternal age was 23.28±3.39 years, 53% were primi-gravida and 48.8% were high risk pregnancy. Low birth weight (LBW) was prevalent amongst 19.3% new born. Among the independent significant factors associated with the LBW, primigravida, hypertensive mothers, non cephalic presentation, female baby had 1.31, 1.96, 2.89 and 1.33 times higher odds of delivering/having LBW as against multigravida, normotensive mothers, cephalic presentation and male baby respectively.
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