Food insecurity and other possible factors contributing to low birth weight: A case control study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

作     者：Degemu Sahlu Negussie Deyessa Naod Firdu Sahle Asfaw Degemu Sahlu;Negussie Deyessa;Naod Firdu;Sahle Asfaw

作者机构：Department of Preventive MedicineSchool of Public HealthAddis Ababa UniversityAddis AbabaEthiopia Menelik II College of Health and Medical ScienceKotebe Metropolitan UniversityAddis AbabaEthiopia 

出 版 物：《Asian pacific Journal of Reproduction》 (亚太生殖杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第9卷第4期

页      面：174-181页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 0905[农学-畜牧学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 0901[农学-作物学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Household food insecurity Mothers Low birth weight Neonates 

摘      要：Objective: To determine the association between low birth weight and household food insecurity at government hospitals in Addis Ababa, ***: A case control study was carried out on 468 mothers with term neonates from February 1, 2017 to May 15, 2017. The cases were women who gave term babies weighing less than 2500 g and the controls were those having 2500 g or above. In the included hospitals, choices of cases were done as the cases found and the next three eligible newborns in the maternity room were the controls. Data were collected by using pretested and structured questionnaire. Standard beam balance was used to measure the neonatal weight by trained midwifery. The data were entered into a computer using Epi-Data 3.1 and exported to Stata version 14 for data management and analysis. Results: Mothers having food insecurity [adjusted odd ratio (AOR) 3.58;95% confidence interval (CI) (1.79-7.16)], mid-upper arm circumference [AOR 7.70;95% CI (4.39-13.60)], hypertension [AOR 4.81;95% CI (2.33-9.93)], and early age [AOR 3.88;95% CI (1.35-11.15)] showed statistically significant association with low birth weight. Conclusions: Household food insecurity, hypertension, mid-upper arm circumference and early age in women were significant predictors of low birth weight. The provision of adequate nutrient for pregnant mothers having household food insecurity should be assured in order to prevent adverse birth weight outcomes.