title: Influence of maternal, foetal and socio-economic factors on neonatal morbidity: a study on hospital born babies.
abstract: Present study revealed several significant associations. Firstly, two related variables, like duration of antenatal care and birth-weight of newborn were significantly associated with incidence of neonatal morbidity. Apart from these, attributes like mother's educational status and per capita family income were also found as important factors determining occurrence of illness during neonatal period. Moreover, children of working mothers suffered more from illness. However, it should be pointed out here that majority of the attributes discussed here, such as, occupation, literacy, income etc, are inter-dependant. So, to quantify correctly the relative risk and attributable risk of these factors in causing childhood disease needs cohort study with matched control to neutralise the effects of confounding variables.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Chakrabarty
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008423:Maternal Age; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors