title: [Study of neonatal malnutrition risk in the Zaire milieu].
abstract: This study is intended to assess neonatal risk of malnutrition owed to maternal energy intake lower than 2000 kcal/day among Zairian primiparae. Ninety-eight mother-neonate couples were classified according to the level of maternal energy intake. Neonatal albuminemia which previously showed itself as neonatal nutritional marker served for grouping neonates. Possibility of reaching optimal albuminemia value (29,34 g/l) was assessed according to different maternal energy profiles, using U-test and Chi 2. When maternal intake is lower than 2000 kcal/day, neonatal optimum is reached in 26% of cases; when maternal recommendation is lowered to 1675,21 kcal/day, neonatal optimum is reached in 63,43% of cases; with 2000 kcal/day as recommendation, this rate rises up to 71,4%. Under 2000 kcal/day neonatal risk of malnutrition is thus very high.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Gestation et Nutrition (GENUT), Cliniques Universitaires, Zaire.
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Tandu-Umba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mputa Lobota
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bouillon
mesh_terms: D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014944:World Health Organization
vernacular_title: Etude du risque de malnutrition néonatale en milieu zairois.