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This study identified key risk factors for life-threatening conditions (LTC) in infants, including socioeconomic status and maternal health. Understanding these factors is crucial for infant health risk assessment.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
Context:
- Infant health outcomes are influenced by a complex interplay of socioeconomic, demographic, and clinical factors.
- Life-threatening conditions (LTC) represent a significant burden on infant mortality and morbidity.
- Previous research has explored various risk factors, but a comprehensive cohort study in the specified region is needed.
Purpose:
- To determine the frequency of life-threatening conditions (LTC) in infants born in 1987-1988 in the Kirov region of Baku.
- To identify and analyze significant risk factors associated with the development of LTC in this infant cohort.
- To investigate the relationship between specific pathologies and the degree of risk for LTC.
Summary:
- A cohort survey of infants born in 1987-1988 in Baku's Kirov region revealed an LTC frequency of 14.6 +/- 1.36%.
- Identified risk factors for LTC include consanguineous marriages, poor living conditions, low income, young maternal age (<20), high birth order (≥3), and fetal prematurity.
- The study highlights that the risk degree of LTC is more dependent on the specific pathology's characteristics than its prevalence.
Impact:
- Provides crucial data for targeted public health interventions to reduce infant morbidity and mortality.
- Informs healthcare providers about high-risk pregnancies and infants, enabling proactive management.
- Contributes to the epidemiological understanding of infant health disparities and risk stratification.
Abstract:
Using the method of cohort survey covering all infants born in 1987-1988, residing during 12 months at the territory of Kirov region of the city of Baku the frequency and risk factors of life-threatening conditions (LTC) were studied. It was found that the frequency of LTC constitutes 14.6 +/- 1.36. The increased risk factors for LTC are: consanguineous marriages, unsatisfactory living conditions, low family incomes, the maternal age under 20, the third ordinal number of delivery or more, prematurity of the fetus, the peculiarities of the course and nature of the pathology. The degree of risk for LTC in different pathologies depends not on their prevalence among infants but on the peculiarities of their course.