title: [Study on the risk factors of low birth weight].
abstract: To detect the risk factors of low birth weight in the newborns, a case-control study was conducted in 5 Health Stations of Donge-heng District of Beijing from Sept 1985 to June 1986. The subjects of study consisted of 84 infants of low birth weight and their parents with 301 controls. A 2 x 2 table analysis was used in screening important factors and multiple logistic regression was employed to estimate the relative role played by these factors. The results revealed that factors, such as height of parents, maternal nutritional status, prematurity, parents' exposure to the chemicals, fathers' smoking habit were risk factors of importance ranked in order.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Union Medical College, Department of Epidemiology.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*