Some Risk Factors for Low Birthweight Infants at Manado Hospital

S. M. Salendu W.; Sutomo Raharjo; Immanuel Mustadjab; Nan Warouw

doi:10.14238/pi35.3-4.1995.94-100

Paediatrica Indonesiana (Oct 2018)

Some Risk Factors for Low Birthweight Infants at Manado Hospital

S. M. Salendu W.,
Sutomo Raharjo,
Immanuel Mustadjab,
Nan Warouw

Affiliations

S. M. Salendu W.: Perinasia Branch North Sulawesi
Sutomo Raharjo: Department of Child Health, Universitas Sam Ratulangi/Gunung Wenang Hospital, Manado, North Sulawesi
Immanuel Mustadjab: Department of Child Health, Universitas Sam Ratulangi/Gunung Wenang Hospital, Manado, North Sulawesi
Nan Warouw: Department of Child Health, Universitas Sam Ratulangi/Gunung Wenang Hospital, Manado, North Sulawesi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14238/pi35.3-4.1995.94-100
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 35, no. 3-4
pp. 94 – 100

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The risk factors of low birthweight infants were assessed in a retrospective study covering 3607 singleton livebirth infants at Manado Hospital from January until December 1993. The analysis confirmed that patterns of risk birthweight hypertension in pregnancy (P<0.01), maternal education (P<0.01), maternal age (P<0.05), and parity (P<0.01), marital status (P<0.01), history of abortion (P<0.05), and parity (P<0.01). Anemia in pregnancy was also associated with birthweight in low birth weight (P<0.05). Asymetric intrauterine growth retardation (Ponderal Index below 2.32) was found both in premature and term infants.

low birth weight; hypertension in pregnancy; parity; history of abortion

Published in Paediatrica Indonesiana

ISSN: 0030-9311 (Print); 2338-476X (Online)
Publisher: Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House
Country of publisher: Indonesia
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/

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