BACKGROUND Cree births in Quebec are characterized by the highest reported prevalence of macrosomia (~35%) in the world. It is unclear whether Cree births are at greater elevated risk of perinatal and infant mortality than other First Nations relative to non-Aboriginal births in Quebec, and if macrosomia may be related. METHODS This was a population-based retrospective birth cohort study usin...

Statistical evidence shows that the sex ratio of India's total population is unnaturally male biased (Jha et al. (2011)). There is however disagreement on whether sex selective abortions are practiced for the first birth (Jha et al. (2006), Retherford and Roy (2003)). Using data from the NFHS-3 this paper first finds out that sex ratios for firstborns in Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan do have sign...

It is not fully known whether maternal prehypertension is associated with increased risk of adverse fetal outcomes, and it is debated whether increases in blood pressure during pregnancy influence adverse fetal outcomes. We performed a population-based cohort study in nonhypertensive women with term (≥37 weeks) singleton births (n=157 446). Using normotensive (diastolic blood pressure [DBP] <80...

BACKGROUND In recent years, the study of birth intervals has been a main determinant of the levels of fertility in the populations, as it is associated with rates of fertility and population growth. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to firstly apply survival analysis for modeling of first birth interval and secondly to explore its determinants. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross section...

BACKGROUND Infant low birth weight is one of the major problems in different societies. Different reports have provided different results regarding the relationship between maternal anemia and infant low birth weight in different months of pregnancy. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between maternal anemia during pregnancy and infant low birth weight. MATERI...

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), every 1 in 12 children under five dies year compared with 147 the high-income regions. Studies have shown an association between birth intervals and pregnancy outcomes such as low weight, preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction. this study, we examined interval under-five mortality eight countries West Africa. A secondary analysis of Demographic Health Survey...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between interpregnancy interval and maternal-neonate health when matching women to their successive pregnancies to control for differences in maternal risk factors and compare these results with traditional unmatched designs. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 38,178 women with three or more deliveries (two or greater interpregnancy inter...