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Universidad y Salud
Print version ISSN 0124-7107On-line version ISSN 2389-7066
Abstract
PABON-SALAZAR, Yusley Katerine; ERASO-REVELO, Jenny Patricia; BERGONZOLI-PELAEZ, Gustavo and MERA-MAMIAN, Andry Yasmid. Factors associated with low birth weight at a university hospital from the department of Nariño (Colombia). Univ. Salud [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.3, pp.179-188. Epub Sep 01, 2021. ISSN 0124-7107. https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.212303.231.
Introduction:
Low Birth Weight (LBW) has multiple causes and continues to be a problem that affects different regions of Colombia.
Objective:
To determine factors associated with LBW in the Departmental University Hospital of Nariño (Colombia).
Materials and methods:
A case-control study that included newborns and mothers whose delivery took place between November 2014 and June 2015.
Results:
Risk of LBW was higher in: women aged between 10-19 years (OR=7.79, 95%CI=2.61-23.23); with history of vaginal infection during pregnancy (OR=4, 95%CI=1.26-12.66); and those affiliated with the subsidized health regimen (OR=4.96, 95%CI=1.71-14.41). The risk of having a newborn with LBW was reduced by 10% (OR=0.90, 95%CI=0.84-0.96) for each one unit increase in Body Mass index, and by 76% (OR=0.23, 95%CI=0.16-0.34) for each increase in one week of gestation.
Conclusions:
Most of the identified risk factors can be prevented or intervened with through an early public health approach.
Keywords : Low birth weight infant; pregnancy; prenatal care; risk factors; logistic models.
