Peso ao nascer associado aos fatores de risco materno da população atendida na maternidade do Hospital Universitário de Dourados

Abstract

Objective: Relate birth weight and maternal risk factors in the population attended at the Hospital University (HU) from Dourados. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study carried out from June / 2015 to January / 2016. The data were collected from the registries carried out by the HU milk bank, and this registry is aimed at capturing new breast milk donors. The information collected was analyzed to verify the relation of birth weight and maternal risk factors.Results: A significant relation was found between pre-gestational BMI, with mothers who had overweight and obesity (p<0,05), and children with overweight (88%). Another point with significant difference was in the relation of birth weight and age of puerperal women, 40% of newborns with low or insufficient weight had mothers who fit in the first tertile of age of the analysis that ranged between 20 and 24 years. Conclusions: With the present study we can observe the relation between birth weight and maternal risk factors (age and pre-gestational BMI) that are established in the literature. The knowledge of these associations is of great value and the investigation of birth weight in order to seek interventions aimed at improving the health of both the mother and the baby attended.