ArticleBMC research notes2018
Determinants of low birth weight among neonates born in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals of Ethiopia: unmatched case control study.
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- Association Between Maternal Undernutrition During Pregnancy and Newborn Low Birth Weight in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Nutritional and prenatal care factors associated with low birth weight among full-term infants in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
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- Unveiling the pathways: identifying the multifaceted determinants of low birth weight among neonates in low-income countries: a case-control study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Adverse obstetric outcome and its associated factors in public hospitals of North Ethiopia: does parity make a difference?BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
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- Determinants of low birth weight among newborns delivered at Tirunesh Beijing General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case-control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Effect of biomass fuel use and kitchen location on maternal report of birth size: Cross-sectional analysis of 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey data.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
- Determinants of adverse birth outcome in the west shewa zone, Oromia, regional state, Ethiopia: Unmatched case-control study.Journal of mother and child · 2021Article
- Variation of DNA Methylation in Newborns Associated with Exhaled Carbon Monoxide during Pregnancy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association of Maternal DNA Methylation and Offspring Birthweight.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2021Article
- Spatial distribution and factors associated with low birth weight in Ethiopia using data from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016: spatial and multilevel analysis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2021Article
- Newborn Birth Weight and Associated Factors Among Mother-Neonate Pairs in Public Hospitals, North Wollo, Ethiopia.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2021Article
- Determinants of Low Birth Weight among Newborns Delivered at Public Hospitals in Sidama Zone, South Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study.Journal of pregnancy · 2020Article
- Determinants of Low Birth Weight Among Newborns Delivered in Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Case-Control Study.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study was conducted to identify the determinants of low birth weight among infants born in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals of Ethiopia.
resultsThis study found that mothers who delivered female infants (AOR: 1.7, 95% CI 1.1, 2.6), occurrence of health problems during current pregnancy (AOR: 2.8, 95% CI 1.7,4.5), absence of antenatal care (AOR: 2.3,95% CI 1.3,4.0), lack of iron supplementation (AOR: 2.8, 95% CI 1.6,4.9), maternal MUAC below 23 cm (AOR: 1.7, 95% CI 1.0,2.7), and gestational age below 37 completed weeks (AOR: 3.3; 95% CI 1.9, 5.7) were found to be determinants of low birth weight.
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