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Factores maternos y bajo peso al nacer, Bahía HondaKeywords: pregnant women [ethnology], malnutrition [diagnosis]. Abstract: introduction: low-weight at birth constitutes an enigma to the current science. objective: to carry out an assessment of some maternal risk factors associated with low-weight at birth in bahia honda municipality from january 2006 to june 2009. methods: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted which allowed characterizing women who delivered low-weight infants. a survey was applied using a form, the obstetric histories belonging to "manuel gonzalez diaz" and "pablo de la torriente brau" outpatients clinics were also examined to collect data; these data were processed by means of the descriptive statistics: quantitative and qualitative variables and chi square test to perform correlation of variables. results: the greatest percentage of low-birth infants were delivered by mothers being 20-24, 30-34 years old, with 34.0-36.6 and 37.0 weeks of gestation. the majority of pregnant women had an adequate weight in the early stages of pregnancy; however, they gained an insufficient weight during pregnancy. hypertension prevailed among the pathological history in pregnancy. conclusion: maternal risk factors have an important association with low-weight at birth, so they must be identified and modified in the early stages of pregnancy to achieve maternal and fetal wellbeing.
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