Determinants of term intrauterine growth retardation : the Saudi experience

In a clinical study from an unselected Saudi obstetric population, the incidence of and risk factors for intrauterine growth retardation among live births were investigated. From a total study group of 4578 consecutive live births, 76 (1.7%) infants were found to be growth retarded. These infants were then compared with a randomly selected control group of 76 term newborns with appropriate birthweight for their gestational ages. Delivery at term of a growth-retarded infant was significantly associated with maternal age under 20 years, maternal body mass index less than 23, first degree consanguinity, poor housing, primiparity, and inadequate prenatal care in univariate analysis. When considered jointly in multivariate logistic regression analysis, the significant determinants were reduced to primiparity, first degree consanguinity, and poor housing. These risk factors correctly predicted 63% and 71% of the intrauterine growth-retarded infants or normal birthweight infants, respectively.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1995

Erschienen:

1995

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

American journal of perinatology - 12(1995), 4 vom: 28. Juli, Seite 278-81

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

al-Eissa, Y A [VerfasserIn]
Ba'Aqeel, H S [VerfasserIn]
Haque, K N [VerfasserIn]
AboBakr, A M [VerfasserIn]
al-Kharfy, T M [VerfasserIn]
Khashoggi, T Y [VerfasserIn]
al-Husain, M A [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Arab Countries
Asia
Biology
Birth Weight
Body Weight
Case Control Studies
Child Development
Consanguinity
Demographic Factors
Developing Countries
Fertility
Fertility Measurements
Fetus
Genetics
Geographic Factors
Growth--determinants
Housing
Incidence
Journal Article
Low Birth Weight--determinants
Measurement
Parity
Physiology
Population
Population Dynamics
Pregnancy
Primiparity
Reproduction
Research Methodology
Research Report
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
Saudi Arabia
Spatial Distribution
Studies
Western Asia

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.12.1995

Date Revised 15.11.2006

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM075520605