Ashtekar Shyam V, Kulkarni Madhav B, Sadavarte Vaishali S, Ashtekar Ratna S
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Gangapur, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2010 Apr;35(2):252-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.66879.
Low birth weight remains a major reason behind childhood malnutrition. The NFHS findings show no dent in this problem.
This study was undertaken to explore change in birth weights in a period from 1989 to 2007 and any associations thereof.
All birth records of a private rural hospital spanning two decades (1989-2007) were analyzed for birth weight, age of mother, gender, birth order of the baby, proportion of pre-term babies and low birth weight babies.
No change was observed in the average birth weights (average 2.71 kg) over the period. Although the birth weight shows some expected variance with the age of mother, it was found to have no relation with the baby's birth order and gender. The low birth weight proportion is about 24% and shows little difference before and after the series midpoint of year 1998.
The birth weights have hardly changed in this population in the two decades.
低出生体重仍然是儿童营养不良的主要原因。全国妇幼卫生调查（NFHS）的结果显示这一问题并未得到改善。
本研究旨在探讨1989年至2007年期间出生体重的变化及其相关因素。
分析了一家私立农村医院二十年（1989 - 2007年）间的所有出生记录，内容包括出生体重、母亲年龄、性别、婴儿出生顺序、早产婴儿和低出生体重婴儿的比例。
在此期间，平均出生体重（平均2.71千克）没有变化。尽管出生体重随母亲年龄呈现出一些预期的差异，但发现它与婴儿的出生顺序和性别无关。低出生体重比例约为24%，在1998年这一系列的中点前后几乎没有差异。
在这二十年里，该人群的出生体重几乎没有变化。
