title: [EVALUATION OF ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PREGNANT WOMEN FROM DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND SOCIAL GROUPS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE WEIGHT OF NEWBORNS].
abstract: The aim of the research was to evaluate anthropometric and social characteristics of pregnant women of different ethnic groups and assess their influence on the body weight of a newborn. We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study at 17 primary health care establishments providing antenatal care in Semey region (Kazakhstan Republic). The content analysis covered 2506 medical records of pregnant women. In our study, the differences in anthropometric indices of pregnant women of Kazakh and Russian ethnicity were statistically significant. The average body weight of Kazakh women (Me=57) at the first pregnancy trimester was lower than that of Russian women (Me=59), U=342800,0; Z=-3,502; p=0.001). The body height of Kazakh women (Me=160.8) was 2.5 cm shorter than that of Russian women ((Me=163.3 cm), U=298505,0; Z=-7,084; p=0.001). The following factors influenced the neonate's body weight: sex (male infants were 100 gr. heavier, on average, and 0.52 mm higher than female infants (p=0.001)); labour parity (infant's weight in primiparas was 110 grams lower than that of deutiparas (U=597,059,5; Z=-6,839; p=0,0001;)); maternal BMI (BMI increased with increasing birth weight (U=305235,5; Z=-3,067; p=0,02;)).
authors.affiliation: Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan; State University of Medicine and Pharmacy named after N. Testemitanu, Chisinau, Moldova; Pavlodar branch of Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kystaubayeva
authors.affiliation: Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan; State University of Medicine and Pharmacy named after N. Testemitanu, Chisinau, Moldova; Pavlodar branch of Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Semenova
authors.affiliation: Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan; State University of Medicine and Pharmacy named after N. Testemitanu, Chisinau, Moldova; Pavlodar branch of Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tanysheva
authors.affiliation: Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan; State University of Medicine and Pharmacy named after N. Testemitanu, Chisinau, Moldova; Pavlodar branch of Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bologan
authors.affiliation: Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan; State University of Medicine and Pharmacy named after N. Testemitanu, Chisinau, Moldova; Pavlodar branch of Semey State Medical University, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: Zh
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Akylzhanova
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D044466:Asian People; D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007623:Kazakhstan; D010298:Parity; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000502:physiology*; D011264:Pregnancy Trimesters; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D044465:White People