Abstract

The percentages of low birth weight (LBW) increased from 7.7% in 2005 to 11.3% in 2011 and declined to 8.1% in 2017. For very low birth weight (VLBW) individuals, the proportion declined −1.0% annually, from 2.5% in 2005 to 1.4% in 2017. Among moderately low birth weight (MLBW) individuals, the proportion first increased 12.8% annually, from 5.0% in 2005 to 9.3% in 2011, and then declined −3.8% annually, from 9.4% in 2011 to 7.0% in 2017. The percentages of macrosomia monotone decreased from 4.0% in 2005 to 2.5% in 2017, an annual decline of −4.0%. Multiple regression analyses showed that boys, maternal age, hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancy (HDCP), and diabetes were significant risk factors for LBW. Boys, maternal age, gestational age, HDCP, diabetes, and maternal BMI were significant risk factors for macrosomia. Although the relevant figures declined slightly in our study, it is likely that LBW and macrosomia will remain a major public health issue over the next few years in China. More research aimed at control and prevention of these risk factors for LBW and macrosomia and their detrimental outcome in the mother and perinatal child should be performed in China.

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Title
Trend and risk factors of low birth weight and macrosomia in south China, 2005–2017: a retrospective observational study
Author
Rao, Jiaming 1 ; Fan, Dazhi 1 ; Wu, Shuzhen 1 ; Lin, Dongxin 1 ; Zhang, Huishan 1 ; Ye, Shaoxin 1 ; Luo, Xin 1 ; Wang, Lijuan 2 ; Yang, Jianwei 3 ; Pang, Minhui 3 ; Zhang, Jiayi 3 ; Xia, Qing 4 ; Yang, Xiaoke 5 ; Wang, Wen 2 ; Fu, Yao 2 ; Liu, Yan 2 ; Guo, Xiaoling 1 ; Liu, Zhengping 1 

 Foshan Institute of Fetal Medicine, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China; Department of Obstetrics, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China 
 Department of Obstetrics, Southern Medical University Affiliated Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, Guangdong, China 
 Department of Epidemiology, School of Basic Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 
 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China; Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 
 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China; Department of Rheumatism and Immunity, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China 
Pages
1-8
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Feb 2018
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2007092816
Copyright
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