Risk factors related to low birth weight

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Health area, Low birth weight, Preterm newborn, Intrauterine growth retardation, Maternal risk factors.

Abstract

Reducing low birth weight is important for better outcomes in infant mortality. That is why we set ourselves the objective of: identifying the factors associated with the risk of low birth weight, due to its increase in Río Cauto. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, which included 51 pregnant women who had low birth weight newborns from January to December 2022. The following variables were used: gestational age at the time of delivery, health areas, live birth weight and maternal age groups, parity and pathologies detected during pregnancy. There were 528 live births and 51 had a weight of less than 2500 grams, with a rate of (9.66%); preterm delivery predominated at the Camilo Cienfuegos Polyclinic with 5 neonates (5.00%) and intrauterine growth retardation at the Ernesto Guevara Polyclinic with 14 births (9.03%); The highest percentage of underweight occurred between 20 and 34 years of age, 35 (68.63%), where the Máximo Gómez 18 polyclinic (75%) stood out. In births by age group, the rate of low birth weight was higher in patients under 20 years of age, 14 (12.84%). Nulliparous women predominated in 25 births (49.02%), anemia and pregnancy in 27 (52.94%), and vaginal discharge syndrome in 20 (39.22).

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Published

2023-11-14

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Brito Méndez EC, Guisado Milanés SR, Barrero Rodríguez D. Risk factors related to low birth weight. RM [Internet]. 2023 Nov. 14 [cited 2025 Jun. 7];27:e2874. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/2874

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