Teshome D, Telahun T, Solomon D, Abdulhamid I
WHO Country Office Nigeria, UN House, Plot 617/618, Diplomatic Drive, Central District Area, Abuja, Nigeria.
Cent Afr J Med. 2006 Jan-Feb;52(1-2):8-11.
To determine the pattern of birth weight of neonates in a teaching-referral hospital and to identify some epidemiological parameters associated with them.
A prospective descriptive study, using a pre-prepared Questionnaire, on all deliveries in the maternity ward during one year.
The Gondar College of Medical Sciences Hospital, Gondar, north western Ethiopia.
810 consecutive hospital births were recorded. The mean birth weight of 373 full term singleton neonates was 3 003g (SD600). The incidence of low birth weight (birth weight < 2 500 g) and very low birth weight (birth weight < 1 500 g) was 15.4% and 2.6% respectively. The mean birth weight and percentage of low birth weight were significantly different in both sexes (p < 0.0001). The birth weight increases as parity and length of gestation increase. As maternal age and maternal height increase, so do the birth weights of their neonates in this study. Total house hold income, maternal education and antenatal care use were not found to influence the mean birth weight in this study.
The mean birth weight and prevalence of low birth weight are similar to other reports from Ethiopia. It was observed that as maternal age, maternal height, parity and length of gestation increase, the mean birth weight increase in this study.
确定一家教学转诊医院新生儿的出生体重模式，并识别与之相关的一些流行病学参数。
一项前瞻性描述性研究，使用预先准备好的问卷，对一年内产科病房的所有分娩情况进行调查。
埃塞俄比亚西北部贡德尔的贡德尔医学科学院医院。
记录了810例连续的医院分娩病例。373例足月单胎新生儿的平均出生体重为3003克（标准差600）。低出生体重（出生体重<2500克）和极低出生体重（出生体重<1500克）的发生率分别为15.4%和2.6%。男女的平均出生体重和低出生体重百分比存在显著差异（p<0.0001）。出生体重随着产次和孕周的增加而增加。在本研究中，随着母亲年龄和母亲身高的增加，其新生儿的出生体重也增加。家庭总收入、母亲教育程度和产前检查的使用情况在本研究中未发现会影响平均出生体重。
平均出生体重和低出生体重患病率与埃塞俄比亚的其他报告相似。在本研究中观察到，随着母亲年龄、母亲身高、产次和孕周的增加，平均出生体重增加。
