ArticleRevista Cuidarte
Factors associated with low birth weight: a case- control study.
Article in Revista Cuidarte. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction: Term low birth weight is a multifactorial event influenced by maternal, fetal, and socio-environmental conditions. Understanding it enables the design of targeted preventive interventions. Objective: To analyze the factors associated with low birth weight in term newborns attended at a tertiary-level clinic in Córdoba between 2020 and 2023. Materials and Methods: A retrospective case-control study. The sample size was calculated with 80% power and a 95% confidence level. A total of 84 cases and 169 controls were included through stratified random sampling. Maternal clinical and sociodemographic variables were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Results: Low birth weight was associated with hospitalization during pregnancy (aOR = 6.05; 95% CI: 2.94-12.47), rural residence (aOR = 2.65; 95% CI: 1.21-5.81), and female sex of the newborn (aOR = 1.97; 95% CI: 1.07-3.64). Maternal reproductive tract surgery acted as a protective factor (aOR = 0.37; 95% CI: 0.20-0.71). Discussion: The findings highlight the combined influence of clinical and social factors, particularly gestational hospitalization and rural residence, conditions that may limit timely prenatal care and increase perinatal risk. Conclusion: Preventing low birth weight requires strengthening the quality of prenatal care, prioritizing follow-up for pregnant women with prior hospitalization, and establishing differentiated care pathways for rural women to improve access and ensure timely maternal-fetal care.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.