Some risks of factors of mother effect to weight and height of newborn children at Vinh Bao district - Hai Phong city in 2001
- Author:
Nguyen Do Huy
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Weight, height
- MeSH:
Risk Factors;
Mothers;
Child;
Infant, Newborn;
Body Weight;
Body Height
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;483(7):78-80
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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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.
