Birth weight patterns in rural undernourished pregnant women.

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dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorBansal, A Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, D Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorAgarwal, K Nen_US
dc.date.accessioned2002-03-23en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T05:12:27Z
dc.date.available2002-03-23en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T05:12:27Z
dc.date.issued2002-03-23en_US
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To study the birth weight pattern in chronic as well as currently undernourished pregnant women. DESIGN: Prospective study of rural pregnant women by following eligible women. SETTING: Two adjoining blocks of rural Varanasi. METHOD: 3700 pregnant women from rural areas of Varanasi for whom data for anthropometry, hemoglobin, dietary intake, birth weight, fundal height and abdominal girth at 16 +/- 2, 28 +/- 2 and 36 +/- 2 weeks of gestation were recorded. Outcome measure was birth weight pattern of newborns. RESULTS: Of the births, 7.2% were < 2250 g and 27.4% < 2500 g. The weekly birth weight increments in gestation 36-42 weeks were 5-53 g, only. The fundal height did not increase during 35-39 weeks of gestation (lower by 5 cm as compared to normal). Nutrition supplement in the third trimester significantly increased fundal height and abdominal girth. Fundal height below 24.5 cm at 28 weeks of gestation (1368 women) was associated with higher low birth weight deliveries. CONCLUSION: Birth weight and fundal height increments during later pregnancy are low in undernourished pregnant women. Fundal height < 24.5 cm at 28 weeks of gestation identified women with higher risk for lowbirth weight infants. The prevalence of low birth weight was 27.4% and of prematurity was 6.6%.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Pediatrics, Insititute of Medical Sciences, Varanasi, U.P., India. agarwalsonika@hotmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationAgarwal S, Agarwal A, Bansal AK, Agarwal DK, Agarwal KN. Birth weight patterns in rural undernourished pregnant women. Indian Pediatrics. 2002 Mar; 39(3): 244-53en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/9109
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://indianpediatrics.neten_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAnthropometry --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshEmbryonic and Fetal Development --physiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshFetal Monitoringen_US
dc.subject.meshGestational Ageen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Low Birth Weighten_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newbornen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Prematureen_US
dc.subject.meshNutrition Disordersen_US
dc.subject.meshPregnancyen_US
dc.subject.meshPregnancy Complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshProspective Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk Assessmenten_US
dc.subject.meshRural Populationen_US
dc.titleBirth weight patterns in rural undernourished pregnant women.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_US
dc.typeResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.en_US
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