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Description | Research article:- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bably Sabina Azhar1, Md. Monirujjaman2, Kazi Saiful Islam3, Md. Jahangir Alam2, Sadia Afrin2, Mohammad Abdullah-Al-Shoeb4, Md. Sabir Hossain3*. 1PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Nutrition and Food Technology, Islamic University, Kustia, Bangladesh. 2MS, Research Officer, Department of Nutritional Biochemistry, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 3MS, Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2MS, Research Officer, Department of Nutritional Biochemistry, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2MS, Research Officer, Department of Nutritional Biochemistry, icddr, b, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 4MS, Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. 3PhD, Corresponding author, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Abstract:- Birth weight is a very important factor for the development of a newborn. In developing country like Bangladesh there is a large number of low birth weight (LBW) incidence. Parental socio-demographic and anthropometric factors are very important for baby’s growth. This study was carried out to observe the relationship between maternal socio-demographic factors and anthropometric characteristics with infant birth weight in a sample of mothers and infants from the South-west region of Bangladesh. A total of 343 pregnant women aged between 18-38 years, of who gave birth to live children, participated in our study. We found that age of mother to conceive and maternal education is related to infant birth weight. The percentage of adequate birth weight (3000 g) was found highest (37.9%) within the 26-30 year age group. Incidence of LBW was found highest (52.2%) among mothers who had never gone to school and lowest (0%) for the graduated mothers. Working at the pregnancy period is associated with birth weight of newborn and the incidence of LBW was lowest among the housewife mothers. LBW baby was greater for mothers residing in rural area than urban area. We also found that maternal Body Mass Index (BMI) is also an important factor for birth weight of the newborn and incidence of LBW among the newborn was 0% for the maternal BMI ≥25 before conception and ≥30 before delivery. In conclusion these findings demonstrated that maternal contributing factors towards body weight problems among the newborns. This information’s may be useful for the planning of health and nutrition programs as well as intervention strategies.
Keywords:- Low birth weight (LBW), Body mass index (BMI), Anthropometric.
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