A case-control study on risk factors for low birth weight in China

• Published in: Zhōnghuá yùfáng-yīxué zázhì Vol. 36; no. 3; p. 158
• Main Authors: Zhang, Xinli, Liu, Yulin, Lin, Liangming, Cao, Lanhua, Mi, Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China 01.05.2002
• Subjects: Case-Control Studies; China; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; Logistic Models; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Pregnancy; Risk Factors; China

To identify the risk factors for low birth weight (LBW) in Chinese newborns with varied characteristics. A 1:1 matched case-control study, with 999 babies of LBW was performed in 44 counties of 11 provinces in China during July to October, 1998 for identifying their risk factors using simple and mul...