Maternal Factors, Gender, and Relationship to the Length at Birth

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10.2991/icihc-18.2019.72How to use a DOI?

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Maternal factors, Gender, Birth length

Abstract

Birth length is an important indicator for assessing stunting risk and for subsequent development in adulthood. Maternal factors, height and gender characteristics have implications for fetal linear growth. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between maternal factors: upper arm circumference (LILA), maternal height, father's height and baby's gender and its relationship to the length of the baby's birth in Kota Bengkulu. The study design was a cross sectional study. Subjects in this study were 145 pairs of pregnant women and their babies who were selected by consecutive sampling technique. Data is obtained by direct measurement and examination. Data analysis using correlation test, independent t test and multiple linear regression. The average baby's birth length is 48.7 cm, the baby is born short (<48 cm) 31%. There was a significant relationship between maternal factors (height and LILA) and gender with infant birth length (p <0.005) and father height not correlated with birth length (p> 0.005). Maternal height is the dominant factor associated with the length of the baby's birth.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nur Elly
AU  - Erli Zainal
AU  - Iin Nilawati
PY  - 2019/04
DA  - 2019/04
TI  - Maternal Factors, Gender, and Relationship to the Length at Birth
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Inter-professional Health Collaboration (ICIHC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 328
EP  - 330
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icihc-18.2019.72
DO  - 10.2991/icihc-18.2019.72
ID  - Elly2019/04
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