A relationship between a level of hemoglobin after delivery and exclusive breastfeeding initiation at a baby friendly hospital in Japan

• Published in: Environmental health and preventive medicine Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 40
• Main Authors: Horie, Saki, Nomura, Kyoko, Takenoshita, Shinichi, Nakagawa, Junko, Kido, Michiko, Sugimoto, Mitsuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 01.01.2017; Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Anemia; Anemia - complications; Anemia - epidemiology; Babies; Birth weight; Bleeding; Body mass index; Breast feeding; Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data; Breastfeeding & lactation; Cesarean section; Confidence intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Delivery, Obstetric; Diet; Environmental health; Exclusive breastfeeding; Female; Hemoglobin; Hemoglobins - analysis; Hemorrhage; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Hypotheses; Infant, Newborn; Japan - epidemiology; Logistic Models; Low birth weight; Medical records; Mothers; Nutrition; Nutrition surveys; Nutritional status; Parity; Postpartum hemorrhage; Pregnancy; Regression models; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Statistical analysis; Thinness; Underweight; Variance analysis; Womens health; Young Adult; Japan; Hemoglobin; Anemia; Exclusive breastfeeding; Postpartum hemorrhage; Underweight

The recent National Nutrition Survey of 2013 demonstrated that 16.7% of women in childbearing age are underweight, and 5.0-10.0% of these women manifested a Hemoglobin (Hb) level less than 11.0 g/dl. The purpose of this study was to investigate if such maternal nutritional status affects success of...