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Infant growth records of the National Center for Research in Maternal-Child Health were analyzed to compare malnutrition among children of adolescent mothers and of mothers over age 20. 235 children of adolescent mothers were the cases, and 470 children of mothers over age 20 were controls, with low birth weight, prematurity, educational level, and marital status controlled. Infants were considered malnourished at one year if their weight was below one standard deviation for their age, according to US National Center for Health Statistics norms. 49.8% of children of adolescent mothers were malnourished at 1 year by this criterion, compared to 40.2% of children of older mothers, indicating a risk of malnutrition 1.47 times greater for children of adolescent mothers. The odds ratio was 2.5 for low birth weight children of adolescent mothers compared to 0.4 for children of older mothers. It was 1.88 for children of adolescent mothers with primary education or less compared to 1.51 for older mothers with primary or less. Prematurity and marital status were not significantly associated with differential risk of malnutrition.
Arch Domin Pediatr
PMID:[Malnutrition in children of adolescent mothers]. 1229 May 49

A retrospective study was conducted of all live births occurring in 1992 at a Dominican Institute of Social Security hospital in Santo Domingo to analyze the association between prematurity, low birth weight, and early neonatal mortality. Stillbirths, infants weighing less than 1000 g or born before 28 weeks of gestation, and those with lethal malformations were excluded. 5142 newborns met the inclusion criteria. 1701 deliveries (33%) were cesarean. 550 of the newborns (10.7%) were low birth weight, and 338 (6.6%) were premature. The early neonatal mortality rate was 17/1000. Low birth weight infants accounted for 66.2% of early neonatal mortality. 10.7% of low birth weight infants died within the first week of life, and their relative risk of early neonatal death was 16.42. 64% of all infants dying in their first week of life were also premature. The specific mortality rate for premature infants was 168.6/1000 live births. The relative risk was 25.32 for premature infants. Low birth weight infants born at term had an early neonatal mortality rate of 24.6/1000 live births, compared to 5.5/1000 for term births of adequate weight.
Arch Domin Pediatr
PMID:[Precocious neonatal mortality in premature newborns with low weight at birth and death]. 1232 Sep 75