title: The low birth-weight infants of Saudi adolescents: maternal implications.
abstract: Maternal factors and perinatal outcome of low birth-weight (less than or equal to 2,500 g) infants of 46 adolescent mothers was studied and compared with 160 adolescents who delivered infants weighing greater than 2,500 g. The significant factors found in the low birth-weight group were anaemia, small maternal physique and preterm delivery. Expectedly, the perinatal mortality rate was significantly increased in low birth-weight infants.
authors.affiliation: King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: al-Sibai
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Khwaja
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: al-Suleiman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magbool
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia