فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction: Children are more risk‑prone group of the population and low birthweight (LBW) is the leading cause of newborns’ mortality and morbidity. LBW is definedas child’s birth weight lower than 2500 g. Many maternal and fetal factors are determinedas risk factors of LBW. This study tries to detect related factors to LBW and effect of themon children’s growth pattern up to sixth month of life in Health centers of Urmia city, Iran.Materials and Methods: A cross‑sectional study was carried out in Urmia city usingregistered data from mothers` documents. All related data such age and weight of infants,mothers’ age, gestational age (GA) at the time of delivery, time gap between two pregnancies,past history of abortion, prenatal care history, systemic and underlying diseases, hemoglobinof mothers during pregnancy, and pattern of infant’s growth up to sixth month of age wereregistered in a questionnaire. All registered data were transferred to SPSS 15 software andanalyzed. Results: Mean ± SD of birth weight was 3071 ± 625.66 g. There was a significantrelationship between birth weight and mother’s age (P < 0.001) and weight (P < 0.001).Children of mothers younger than 18 years had much birth weights. There was asignificant relationship between birth weight and GA during delivery (P < 0.001). Childrenof preterm labor had lower birth weights. In twins, LBW was more prevalent (P < 0.001).Conclusion: Our results show that LBW is related to multiple causes and that most ofthem are preventable with educational programs and also strict and regular prenatal care.Decreasing incidence of LBW children can be achieved by cooperation between differentparts of health and clinical systems.