DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i03.025

Pages: 977-983

Birth weight is the single most important marker of adverse perinatal, neonatal and infantile outcome. A cross sectional study was conducted to analyse the risk factors for low birth weight among mothers who delivered low birth weight babies and Normal birth weight babies and their statistical significance.80 cases of mothers having low birth weight babies (Group A) and 40 cases of mothers having normal birth weight babies (Group B) in GGH Kakinada were included in the study. Factors like age, parity, height <145 cm, pre pregnancy weight <40 Kg, total weight gain during pregnancy, pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), urinary tract infection (UTI), bleeding per vagina and premature rupture of membranes (PROM) were considered in this study. Among the factors effecting low birth weight PIH, UTI, Weight gain during pregnancy which are known factors influencing birth weight had statistical significance in this present study. Out of 80 cases (Group A) 61(76.25%) had correlation of birth weight with total weight gain during pregnancy with a P value of <0.02, 27(33.75%) of Group A had correlation of birth weight with PIH with a P value of<0.001 and 13(16.25%) of Group A had correlation of birth weight with UTI.