SynthesisJournal of pregnancy2020
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Prevalence of Low Birth Weight Infants in Iran.
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- The effect of a planned lactation education program on the mother's breastfeeding practice and weight gain in low birth weight infants: a randomized clinical trial study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Trial
- Low Birth Weight and Associated Factors in Sudan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prediction of birthweight with early and mid-pregnancy antenatal markers utilising machine learning and explainable artificial intelligence.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence of low birth weight and associated factors in Ethiopia: An umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analyses.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The Correlation of Calcium and Hemoglobin Level Among Pregnant Women in ≥35 Weeks with the Anthropometry of Newborn Babies.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
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- Machine Learning-based Classifiers for the Prediction of Low Birth Weight.Healthcare informatics research · 2023Article
- The relationship between postnatal hypoglycemia and umbilical artery Doppler ultrasonography in neonates with intrauterine growth restriction: A longitudinal follow-up study.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2022Article
- National and subnational trends of birthweight in Peru: Pooled analysis of 2,927,761 births between 2012 and 2019 from the national birth registry.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2021Article
- Maternal Obesity and Risk of Low Birth Weight, Fetal Growth Restriction, and Macrosomia: Multiple Analyses.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundLow birth weight is a significant index for survival, intrauterine growth, and mortality in infants. Thus, this study is aimed at determining the prevalence of low birth weight in Iranian infants through a systematic review and meta-analysis.
methodsThis study was performed by meta-analysis from January 2000 to December 2019. The studies relevant to the topic have been obtained through search in databases of Scopus, ScienceDirect, SID, Magiran, Barakat Knowledge Network System, Medline (PubMed), and Google Scholar. Heterogeneity of the studies has been assessed by the
resultsBy investigating 14 articles and 93924 infants, the total prevalence of low birth weight in infants in Iran was achieved at 8.5% (95% CI: 7.3-9.9%) according to the meta-analysis; the most prevalence of low birth weight was in infants in Hamedan at 19.1% (95% CI: 21.2-17.2%) in 2007, and the lowest prevalence of low birth weight was in infants in Tonekabon at 4.2% (95% CI: 3.4-5.2%) in 2005, and also, by increasing the sample size, the prevalence of low birth weight increases, by which the difference is statistically significant (
conclusionDue to the high prevalence of low birth weight in infants in Iran, health policy-makers must take effective attempts in order to reduce it in infants.
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