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[Effects of perinatal care on low birth weight]
Objective:
To explore the relationship between low birth weight and maternal factors during perinatal period.
Methods:
Data of perinatal care were collected, sorted out and analyzed for 9,337 live births during 1993 to 1996, including 269 with low birth weight, in Xiucheng District of Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province.
Results:
Incidence of infants with low birth weight (less than 2,500 grams) averaged 2.88%, and appeared a gradual decreasing trend during the four years. Low birth weight correlated with maternal education, body height, number of gestations, antenatal check-ups, gestational age and the sex of babies.
Conclusion:
Systematic management of perinatal care for pregnant women will benefit to lowering the incidence of low birth weight, and perinatal and infant mortalies.
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