Maternal Factors Associated With Low Birth Weight Babies
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51985/JBUMDC2020041Keywords:
Antenatal care (ANC), Anemia, Low birth weight babies (LBW), Maternal diet, Perinatal death.Abstract
Objective: To determine the obstetric, antenatal, natal and socio-economic factors affecting low birth weight (LBW) babies.
Study design and setting: The cross-sectional study was conducted from February2019 till May2019 at Jinnah Medical
College hospital Karachi.
Methodology: The targeted population was 100 mothers who recently delivered their babies and were present in the hospital
during postpartum period. Variables included obstetric history, maternal risk factors, socioeconomic status and education
of parents. Weight of the neonates was noted by the doctors within 24 hours of birth. Data was analysed on SPSS version
21.
Results: Variables having significant and positive influence on LBW were; age, activity and occupation of mother, age at
first pregnancy, no. of pregnancies, maternal anemia. The 48% of low birth weight babies were present in mothers belonging
to younger age group (18-20 years). The incidence of low birth weight increases with increased number of pregnancies,
women with greater than 3 pregnancies had 18% of 1.6-2kg of weight of babies, 12% of 2.1-2.5kg of weight, 10% of 1.1-
1.5kg of weight. Mother’s with poor diet had 36% of 2.1-2.5kg of weight. Women with high activity during pregnancy
having 53% of 1.6-2kg of weight babies. Regarding occupation 40% of housewife’s risks of 1.6-2kg weight of baby with
p-value of <0.05 as activity during pregnancy was high.
Conclusion: Factors like younger age women, multi-parity, increased physical activity maternal diet, anemia due to
nutritional deficiencywere contributed to low birth weight babies.
References
Srinivas P, RevanasiddappaB. Maternal factors influencing low birth weight babies. International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics2015 Nov;2(4):287-296
NirmaliG.Maternal and Neonatal Risk Factors of Low Birth Weight in Guwahati Metro, Assam, Northeast India. Acad J Ped Neonatol (2018);6(5): AJPN.MS.ID.555754
Andreia , Paulo , Flavio. Low birth weight and its associated factors. einstein (São Paulo) 2018;16(4):1-6
Fariha A,TahirJ, Muhammad F, Ghazanfar A. Maternal risk factors associated with low birth weight; a case control study. Annals Vol 17. No.3 July – Sept. 2011;223-228
Muhammad A, Camille R, Shabina A. Factors associated with low birth weight in term pregnancies: a matched case–control study from rural Pakistan. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2017;Vol 23(11).
Naziya N, MoolrajK, Tulika J, Deepa P, Anjali P. Study of maternal determinants influencing birth weight of newbornArchives of Medicine and Health Sciences 2015; July – Dec vol 3 (2).
Joseph, Binu, Baburaj. Maternal Risk Factors affecting Low Birth Weight babies: A case control study from tertiary care teaching hospital in rural Southern India. International Journal of Biomedical Research 2016; 7(11): 790-794.
Khan A, Nasrullah FD, Jaleel R. Frequency and risk factors of low birth weight in term pregnancy. Pak J Med Sci.2016;32(1): 138-142.
José , Miriam . Risk factors for low birth weight according to the multiple logistic regression model. A retrospective cohort study in José María Morelos municipality, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Medwave . 2018 Jan 17;18(1):e7139.
Joseph Johnson, Binu Abraham, Baburaj Stephenson and Jehangir HM4. Maternal Risk Factors affecting Low Birth Weight babies: A case control study from tertiary care teaching hospital in rural Southern India. International Journal of Biomedical Research 2016; 7(11): 790-794.790
Dr Radha Kumari.P, Dr Ganga Bhavani Guduri. A study on maternal factors affecting Low Birth Weight in Institutional deliveries. Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. 2015 Volume 14, Issue 1 Ver. III
Nair NS, Rao RS, Chandrashekar S, Acharya D. Socio-demographic and maternal determinants of low birth weight: a multivariate approach. Indian J Pediatr, 2000; 67(1):9-14.
..M. W. Khan, M. Arbab, M. Murad, M. B. Khan, and S. Abdullah. Study of factors affecting and causing low birth weight. J.Sci. Res. (2014); 6(2), 387-394
Ahmed MO, Kalsoom U, Sughra U, Hadi U, Imran M. Effect of maternal anemia on Birth Weight. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2011;23(1):77–79.
. Adam I, Babiker S, Mohmmed AA, Salih MM, Prins MH, Zaki ZM. Low body mass index, anaemia and poor perinatal outcome in a rural hospital in eastern Sudan. J Trop Pediatr. 2008;54:202–4.
Levy A, Fraser D, Katz M, Mazor M, Sheiner E. Maternal anemia during pregnancy is an independent risk factor for low birthweight and preterm delivery. Eur J ObstetGynecolReprod Biol. 2005;122:182–6.
AzimulSk, Matin A, ShabnamJh, Shamianaz s,Baneerje M. Maternal factors affecting Low birth weight in urban area of Bangladesh. J Dhaka Med Coll. 2009; 18(1) : 64-69
. Joshi HS, Srivastava PC, Agnihotri AK, Joshi MC, Chandra Shalini, Mahajan Vipul. Risk factors for low birth weight (LBW) babies and its medico-legal significance. Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine. 2010 Jul; 32(3): 212-215.
"Preterm Labor and Birth: Condition Information". http://www.nichd.nih.gov. 03/11/2014
Kumari A, Kumar S. A Study On Maternal Factors Affecting Low Birth Weight In Institutional Deliveries At Igims, Patna. International Journal of Scientific Research. 2020 Jan 29;9(1).
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2021 Shazia Aftab, Paras Golo, Alma Muhammad Iqbal
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Journal of Bahria University Medical & Dental College is an open access journal and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. which permits unrestricted non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 
