Some risks of factors of mother effect to weight and height of newborn children at Vinh Bao district - Hai Phong city in 2001

ABSTRACT

Weight in average was 2911.4g (group of mothers with CED) 2905.6g; group of mothers without CED 2913.8g, (boys 2961g; girl 2856g). Low birth weight rate was 11.6% (CED 9.6%; normal 12.4%); (boys 10.4%; girls 12.8%). Length of newborn babies in average was 48.3 cm (CED 48.2 cm; normal 48.4 cm), (boys 48.6 cm; girls 48 cm). Only 2.1% of newborn babies had length at birth lower 45 cm, nearly 98% had length at birth  45cm. Height of mother < 150 cm before pregnancy was high ralative risk to weight and length at birth of newborn babies.