ArticleGlobal journal of health science2014
Pattern and determinants of gestational weight gain an important predictor of infant birth weight in a developing country.
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- Gestational weight gain and its effect on birth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
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- Gestational weight gain and its determinants among pregnant women attending antenatal care at West Shawa Hospitals, Oromia, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2025Article
- Gestational weight gain among pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria: Pattern, predictors and pregnancy outcomes.PloS one · 2023Article
- Prevalence and temporal trends in prepregnancy nutritional status and gestational weight gain of adult women followed in the Brazilian Food and Nutrition Surveillance System from 2008 to 2018.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Patterns and predictors of gestational weight gain in Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.Reproductive health · 2021Article
- Early pregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain and perinatal outcome in an obstetric population in Lagos, Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Gestational weight gain in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis using nationally representative data.BMJ global health · 2020Article
- Are women in Uganda gaining adequate gestational weight? A prospective study in low income urban Kampala.Reproductive health · 2018Article
- Impact of Gestational Weight Gain on Cesarean Delivery Risk, Perinatal Birth Weight and Gestational Age in Women with Normal Pre-pregnancy BMI.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2018Article
- Semiparametric Multinomial Ordinal Model to Analyze Spatial Patterns of Child Birth Weight in Nigeria.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Birthweight Related Factors in Northwestern Iran: Using Quantile Regression Method.Global journal of health science · 2015Article
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Abstract
The study aimed to determine correlates of gestational weight gain and infant birth weight of pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in public primary health care facilities in lfe Central and East Local Government Areas of Osun State, Nigeria. Over 1000 women were recruited during booking and antenatal clinic and followed up till delivery. Chi square was used in the bivariate analysis of association between gestational weight gain, pre pregnancy BMI and demographic characteristics. The correlates of gestational weight gain and infant birth weight were determined by linear regression analysis. Eight percent are underweight, 10.3% are overweight or obese, 78% had a weight gain less than 7kg and 0.5% had a weight gain above 11.5kg. Ninety seven percent gained less than recommended weight, only 3% of the women gained the recommended weight for their pre pregnant BMI mostly the obese women. Twenty eight percent of the women had infant weight within normal (2.5kg and above) .The infant weight increases with the gestational age, maternal age and parity but decreases with gestational weight gain though not significant. Maternal age and parity were significant predictors of gestational weight gain and. pre pregnancy BMI was a significant predictor of infant birth weight. The gestational weight gain and infant weight reduces as the pre pregnant BMI increases. Most of the women had low birth weight babies. There is a need to educate mothers on good weight before conception in order to improve birth outcome in view of other factors not looked into in the present study.
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