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An outcome-based definition of low birthweight for births in low- and middle-income countries: a secondary analysis of the WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health
- Source :
- BMC Pediatrics, Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP, BMC Pediatrics, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background 2500 g has been used worldwide as the definition of low birthweight (LBW) for almost a century. While previous studies have used statistical approaches to define LBW cutoffs, a LBW definition using an outcome-based approach has not been evaluated. We aimed to identify an outcome-based definition of LBW for live births in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), using data from a WHO cross-sectional survey on maternal and perinatal health outcomes in 23 countries. Methods We performed a secondary analysis of all singleton live births in the WHO Global Survey (WHOGS) on Maternal and Perinatal Health, conducted in African and Latin American countries (2004–2005) and Asian countries (2007–2008). We used a two-level logistic regression model to assess the risk of early neonatal mortality (ENM) associated with subgroups of birthweight (
- Subjects :
- Asia
Low birthweight
Birth weight
RECÉM-NASCIDO DE BAIXO PESO
Logistic regression
World Health Organization
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
Infant Mortality
medicine
Odds Ratio
Birth Weight
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Developing Countries
business.industry
Confounding
lcsh:RJ1-570
Early neonatal mortality
Infant, Newborn
Gestational age
Infant
lcsh:Pediatrics
Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic
Odds ratio
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Classification
Health Surveys
Confidence interval
Infant mortality
Low birth weight
Latin America
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Africa
Outcome-based definition
medicine.symptom
business
Demography
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712431
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b3034db8a56ff21cfea0dd7742e8bd13