Nutritional status of pregnant women and intrauterine growth retardation in Can Tho 2004
- Author:
Pham Thi Tam
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nutrition
- MeSH:
Pregnant Women;
Nutritional Status
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;0(6):53-56
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A cross-sectional analytical study on 659 pregnant women was conducted to identify factors associated with Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation. The results showed that 27.6% of pregnant woman had pre-pregnant BMI below 18.5. While there were 2.9% women who had pre-pregnant BMI of above 25, 36.6% with weight gain in the last trimester below 4000gr, in which 19% of weight gain below 3000gr. Prevalence of low birth weight was 5.8%, in which prevalence of intrauterine growth retardation (full-term infant with birth weight of below 2500gr) was 4.6%. There was a significant relationship between infant birth weight and maternal weight gain, prepregnant weight and hypertension of the women.
