Maternal risk factors for low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation in a Guatemalan population.
Hospital data on 306 mother-infant pairs in Cobán, Guatemala, were studied to assess factors responsible for low infant birth weights involving the two general kinds of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), these being Type I (symmetric stunting) and Type II (asymmetric stunting or wasting). The results indicate that the Type I IUGR observed arose primarily from long-term poverty, malnutrition, and chronic poor living conditions, while much of the Type II IUGR seemed attributable to maternal disorders affected by short interbirth intervals.
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Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
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D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006166:Guatemala / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors