Correlation between newborn birth weight and risk factors in pregnant women in the ecuadorian amazon region

Authors

  • Carlos Llerena Gómez
  • Viviana Alejandra Beltrán Culqui
  • Carlos Troya Altamirano

Keywords:

low birth weight, newborn weight, weight during pregnancy, BMI, inter-gestational period.

Abstract

Introduction: Risk factors for low birth weight should be carefully studied.

Objective: The objective of the study was to correlate newborn birth weight with quantitative risk factors in pregnant women in the Ecuadorian Amazon during the year 2022.

Methods: The study was relational, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional and analytical. The study population consisted of 207 pregnant women from the Ecuadorian Amazon. The hypothesis posed the existence of a significant correlation between the monitoring variable, newborn weight, and six associated variables. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used, since the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test showed non-normality of the monitoring variable and Pearson's correlation test could not be used.

Results: Mean weight gain during pregnancy was 12.32 kg with a standard deviation of 4.3119. Mean newborn weight was found to be 329.21 grams and a standard deviation of 743.071. The normality test yielded a statistic of 0.089 and a significance value p=<0.001 for newborn weight. BMI before pregnancy showed a moderate positive correlation with newborn weight (ρ=0.464, p-value<0.001), and weight gain during pregnancy showed a moderate positive correlation (ρ=0.328, p-value<0.001). The other variables studied showed weak and non-significant correlations.

Conclusions: There was significant correlation between newborn weight and BMI before pregnancy, as well as with weight gain during pregnancy.

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Published

2023-12-21

How to Cite

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Llerena Gómez C, Beltrán Culqui VA, Troya Altamirano C. Correlation between newborn birth weight and risk factors in pregnant women in the ecuadorian amazon region. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2023 Dec. 21 [cited 2025 Jul. 11];42(2). Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/3155