Resumen

RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, Annia; RODRIGUEZ PARGAS, Aymara; MAURENZA GONZALEZ, Godofredo  y  DE LA CRUZ CARDOSO, María Antonia. Repercussion of low birth weight on morbidity of the first year of age. AMC [online]. 2002, vol.6, n.2, pp.138-145. ISSN 1025-0255.

A case-control 1:2 study was carried out for knowing the repercussion of low birth Juan Finlay Polyclinic, Camagüey from January 1998 to December 1999. The study universe was compared 1:2 with normal weight. They were applied a survey and subsequently, data were processed using MICROSTAT and EDPIDAT programs for the analysis. The 32 % of low weight was a risk factor for the retarded psychomotor development; respiratory infections and acute diarrheic diseases appeared less frequently in low weights. Diarrheas in low birth weight infants showed greater number of hospitalizations.

Palabras clave : INFANT LOW BIRTH WEIGTH; MORBIDITY.

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