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Volume 25

April - June 2009 (Part-II)

Number  3


 

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Maternal risk factors affecting
newborn parameters

Oya Yucel1, Nursan Dede Cinar2

ABSTRACT

Objective: Pregestational body mass index (BMI) which is one of the best markers of nutritional status can be one of many variables affecting fetal growth. We wanted to determine the relations between various prepregnancy BMI categories, parity and newborn Ponderal indexes, birthweights in our population.

Methodology: For the assessment of the functional significance of BMI during pre-pregnancy, data from 264 women living in Sakarya were used. Maternal age, pregestational weight, height, parity were obtained from self-report at interview. We evaluated the relationship between maternal age, parity, pregestational weight and BMIs and newborn parameters as birthweight and Ponderal index.

Results: Average of the birth weight was 3.340±400gr, of the birth height was 50.53±1.66cm, of Ponderal index was 25.54±2.06. The mean of maternal BMI was 23.06±3.64, of parity was 2.14±1.17.

Conclusions: When BMI groups were compared with birthweight (p: 0.026) and parity (p: 0.02), it was observed that it had significant relationship. Statistical differences were not observed between maternal pregestational BMI and newborn Ponderal index (p:0.466). Nutritional conditions should be corrected in pregestational life to reduce the possibility of low birth weight newborn.

KEY WORDS: Body Mass Index, Ponderal Index, Prepregnancy, Birthweight, Maternal weight.

Pak J Med Sci    April - June 2009 (Part-II)    Vol. 25 No. 3    386-390

How to cite this article:

Yucel O, Cinar ND. Maternal risk factors affecting newborn parameters. Pak J Med Sci 2009;25(3): 386-390.


1. Oya Yucel, MD,
Asistant Professor,
2. Nursan Dede Çınar, PhD,
Associate Professor,
1,2: School of Health Sciences,
Sakarya University,
Sakarya,
Turkey.

Correspondence

Dr. Nursan Dede CINAR,
Sakarya Üniversitesi Sağlık Yüksekokulu,
Esentepe Campus,
54187 Sakarya,
Turkey.
E-mail: ndede@sakarya.edu.tr

* Received for Publication: November 26, 2008
* Accepted: May 7, 2009



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