Observational studyReproductive health2020
Regional trends in birth weight in low- and middle-income countries 2013-2018.
Observational study in Reproductive health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01073475 (Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research Maternal Newborn Health Registry), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers.
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46 citing papers in PubMed.
- Nurse-led telemedicine versus in-person lactation support for breastfeeding initiation in mothers of low-birth-weight infants: a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Trial
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- Birth weight and gestational age distributions in a rural Kenyan population.BMC pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Impact of the Benazir Nashonuma Programme on maternal and child health and nutrition in Pakistan: protocol for a prospective cohort study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Adiposity and cancer: epidemiology, mechanisms and future perspectives.Nature metabolism · 2026Review
- Correlation of low birth weight with infertility and ART treatment: single-center cohort analysis of 7697 singleton live births.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Exploring the multilevel determinants of low birth weight in Bangladesh: Understanding implications for targeted public health interventions.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With Low Birth Weight in Cambodia: A Secondary Analysis of the Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey, 2021-2022.Journal of pregnancy · 2026Article
- Determinants of low birth weight babies delivered at paropakar maternity and Women's hospital: A case-control study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Prevalence and determinants of macrosomia in low- and middle-income countries: a multilevel analysis of population survey data from 44 nations.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Lower birth rate, greater female dementia risk: global and regional patterns and public health implications.Future science OA · 2025Article
- Association Between Gestational Weight Gain and Low Birth Weight Across the Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index Strata: The Sri Lanka Maternal and Newborn Growth Study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Mortality risks of infants with unmeasured birth weight in 33 sub-Saharan African countries: an observational analysis.BMJ global health · 2025Observational
- Regional and sub-regional estimates of low birth weight and its determinants in 44 low- and middle-income countries: evidence from demographic and health survey data.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Mortality, morbidity and growth among moderately low birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania.BMC pediatrics · 2025Observational
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- A prospective evaluation of tibial insertion sites for intraosseous needles to gain vascular access in Asian neonates.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic determinants of low birth weight and its association with peripubertal obesity in Brazil.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Machine learning based prediction of low birth weight and its associated risk factors: Insights from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundBirth weight (BW) is a strong predictor of neonatal outcomes. The purpose of this study was to compare BWs between global regions (south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Central America) prospectively and to determine if trends exist in BW over time using the population-based maternal and newborn registry (MNHR) of the Global Network for Women'sand Children's Health Research (Global Network).
methodsThe MNHR is a prospective observational population-based registryof six research sites participating in the Global Network (2013-2018), within five low- and middle-income countries (Kenya, Zambia, India, Pakistan, and Guatemala) in threeglobal regions (sub-Saharan Af rica, south Asia, Central America). The birth weights were obtained for all infants born during the study period. This was done either by abstracting from the infants' health facility records or from direct measurement by the registry staff for infants born at home. After controlling for demographic characteristics, mixed-effect regression models were utilized to examine regional differences in birth weights over time.
resultsThe overall BW meanswere higher for the African sites (Zambia and Kenya), 3186 g (SD 463 g) in 2013 and 3149 g (SD 449 g) in 2018, ascompared to Asian sites (Belagavi and Nagpur, India and Pakistan), 2717 g (SD450 g) in 2013 and 2713 g (SD 452 g) in 2018. The Central American site (Guatemala) had a mean BW intermediate between the African and south Asian sites, 2928 g (SD 452) in 2013, and 2874 g (SD 448) in 2018. The low birth weight (LBW) incidence was highest in the south Asian sites (India and Pakistan) and lowest in the African sites (Kenya and Zambia). The size of regional differences varied somewhat over time with slight decreases in the gap in birth weights between the African and Asian sites and slight increases in the gap between the African and Central American sites.
conclusionsOverall, BWmeans by global region did not change significantly over the 5-year study period. From 2013 to 2018, infants enrolled at the African sites demonstrated the highest BW means overall across the entire study period, particularly as compared to Asian sites. The incidence of LBW was highest in the Asian sites (India and Pakistan) compared to the African and Central American sites. Trial registration The study is registered at clinicaltrials.gov. ClinicalTrial.gov Trial Registration: NCT01073475.
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