Abstract

DELGADO ALVAREZ, Ilenis et al. Impact of maternal malnutrition on birth of low weight infants . MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.10, pp. 1478-1485. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and retrospective study was carried out in 43 pregnant women belonging to "Alberto Fernández Monte de Oca" and "Carlos Manuel Ramírez Corría" Polyclinics, San Luis municipality, Santiago de Cuba province, from January to December 2011, in order to analyze the impact of maternal malnutrition on birth of low weight infants. Among the analyzed variables were mother's age, low weight during pregnancy, low weight infants, gestational age and insufficient weight gain. Uterine growth retardation was found to be the main cause of low birth weight and predominant obstetric history was maternal malnutrition. Also, gestational age less than 37 weeks and malnutrition were related to the occurrence of preterm infants and with uterine growth retardation, respectively.

Keywords : pregnant woman; maternal malnutrition; low birth weight; uterine growth retardation; preterm; primary health care.

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