The impact of the interpregnancy interval on birth weight and other pregnancy outcomes / O impacto do intervalo entre gestações no peso de recém-nascidos e outros desfechos da gravidez
Bener, Abdulbari; Saleh, Najah Mohammed; Salameh, Khalil Mohd Khalil; Basha, Basma; Joseph, Sharen; Samson, Nancy; AlBuz, Rama.
Rev. bras. saúde matern. infant
; 12(3): 233-241, ago.-set. 2012. graf, tab
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To investigate the relationship between the interpregnancy interval and low birth weight and other pregnancy outcomes.
METHODS:
this case-control study was carried out in hospitals from January 2010 to April 2011. For cases, mothers of 1216 newborns with birth weight<2500 g were approached and 854 mothers participated (70.2 percent). For controls, mothers of 1158 newborns with >2500 g were approached and 854 mothers participated in this study (73.7 percent). Face-to-face interviews were conducted to complete the questionnaires.RESULTS:
of the newborn babies with low birth weight, the risk was higher among mothers with a short interpregnancy interval (40.3 percent), whereas for infants with normal birth weight, the majority of the mothers had a longer interpregnancy interval of 24 months (44.7 percent). A short interpregnancy interval of 612 months was more common among women of <25years (49.4 percent; p<0.001) and those who were illiterate (13.1 percent; p=0.043) with a higher risk of low birth weight compared to the controls. Prenatal care during the 1st trimester was lower in women with low birth weight children (p<0.001). Normal delivery was observed less in women with a short birth interval among cases (58.7 percent) compared to controls (79 percent) (p=0.001). A J-shaped association was observed between low birth weight and the interpregnancy interval.CONCLUSIONS:
a short interpregnancy interval is associated with an increased risk of low birth weight, especially in younger and illiterate women...
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