Correlation of newborn weight with maternal and infant health variables

Authors

  • Patricio Jaramillo Guerrero
  • Lina Espinoza Neri
  • Jhofre Prado Quilambaqui

Keywords:

low birth weight, hemoglobin, gestational age, intergestational interval, pregestational BMI

Abstract

Introduction: The impact on maternal and child health and the possibility of improving prenatal and neonatal care through knowledge of the factors that correlate with newborn weight justify the present study.

Objective: The objective was to identify whether maternal hemoglobin, gestational age, intergestational interval and pregestational Body Mass Index are related to newborn weight.

Methods: The study was relational, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional and analytical. The study population consisted of 291 pregnant patients attended at the IESS Hospital of Ambato, Ecuador, during the year 2022. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to correlate the variables studied, based on the hypothesis that such correlation did exist. The IBM SPSS Statistics software package (v. 26.0, 64-bit edition) was used.

Results: It was found that in all cases there was a significant positive correlation at the 0.01 bilateral level (p-value =<0.01). The correlation between newborn weight and pregestational BMI was weak positive, while in the cases of gestational age and intergestational interval it was moderate positive, being strong positive in the correlation with maternal hemoglobin.

Conclusions: The results evidenced that the alternate or investigator's hypothesis (H1) was fulfilled, that is, there is correlation between maternal hemoglobin, gestational age, intergestational interval and pregestational BMI with newborn weight.

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Published

2023-09-01

How to Cite

1.
Jaramillo Guerrero P, Espinoza Neri L, Prado Quilambaqui J. Correlation of newborn weight with maternal and infant health variables. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 1 [cited 2025 Aug. 2];42(2). Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/2996