饮食多样性和其他低出生体重预测因素在埃塞俄比亚Gurage地区:前性研究
Teshome Gensa Geta1, Samson Gebremedhin2, Saad Ahmed Abdiwali3
1Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia.
PloS one
|April 30, 2024
概括
怀孕期间母亲的最佳饮食多样性显著增加了出生体重低 (LBW) 的风险在埃塞俄比亚. 促进饮食多样性和营养教育可以帮助减少LBW发生率.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 母婴营养 母婴营养
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 低出生体重 (LBW) 是埃塞俄比亚的一个重大公共卫生问题.
- 孕妇的饮食多样性是怀孕期间营养充足的关键指标,可能会影响出生体重.
- 在埃塞俄比亚,母亲的饮食多样性与LBW之间的关系仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查怀孕期间母亲饮食多样性低于最佳水平与低出生体重风险之间的关联.
- 为了确定与埃塞俄比亚古拉格区低出生体重相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项前性研究涉及埃塞俄比亚古拉格区的1062名孕妇.
- 通过使用女性最低饮食多样性得分 (MDD-W) 工具在三轮评估饮食多样性.
- 用于分析LBW风险的强大的标准误差修改Poisson回归.
主要成果:
- 在孕妇中观察到低于最佳的饮食多样性 (68.5%) 的高患病率.
- 低于最佳的饮食多样性与低出生体重的风险增加显著相关 (调整后风险比率 [ARR] = 1.89).
- 其他重要的LBW风险因素包括农村居住,晚年母亲,体重不足,母亲身高矮,意外怀孕,早产和缺乏营养咨询.
结论:
- 怀孕期间母亲的饮食多样性不足,是研究区域低出生体重的重要风险因素.
- 建议采取促进饮食多样性,营养教育和解决意外怀孕的干预措施,特别是在农村人口中,以减少LBW.
- 公共卫生战略应专注于改善孕产妇的营养,以减轻LBW的发生率.
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