الملخص
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain and low birth weight (LBW) in babies born to a sample population of Omani women. Methods: A case-control study was carried out among deliveries registered between 1st May 2010 and 30th April 2011 at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman. A case was defined as a woman who delivered a low birth weight baby (<2,500 g); a control was a woman delivering a baby weighing between 2,500 and 4,000 g. A random selection of 150 cases and 300 controls was carried out using the hospital information system. Maternal, pre-natal, and delivery data were extracted from the mothers’ follow-up cards. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were executed to examine the association between pre-pregnancy maternal BMI and LBW. Results: The percentage of underweight mothers (BMI <18.5) was higher among the cases compared to the controls (17.3% versus 6%; P <0.001). The proportion of mothers with less-than-recommended weight gain was also higher among the cases compared to the controls (57.7% versus 33%; P <0.001). After adjustment for potential confounders, infants of underweight mothers had more than twice the risk of LBW compared to those of mothers with normal weight (odds ratio = 2.27; 95% confidence interval 1.09–4.71). Conclusion: Underweight Omani women as well as women with less-than-recommended gestational weight gain were at higher risk of delivering LBW babies. Maternal health promotion programmes should be directed towards improving mothers’ nutrition before and during pregnancies.
بيانات النشر
- المعرّف الرقمي
- 10.18295/2075-0528.1493
- المجلة
- مجلة جامعة السلطان قابوس الطبية, 13(3), 386-391
- الناشر
- جامعة السلطان قابوس
- وصول مفتوح
- وصول مفتوح ذهبي
- الترخيص
- CC BY-ND 4.0
اقتبس هذه المقالة
APA 7
Al-Hinai, M., Al-Muqbali, M., Gowri, A., Vaidyanathan, & Al-Maniri, A. (2025). Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Low Birth Weight in Omani Infants: A case-control study. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 13(3), 386-391. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1493
MLA 9
Al-Hinai, Mustafa, et al. "Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Low Birth Weight in Omani Infants: A case-control study." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, 2025, pp. 386-391. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1493.
شيكاغو (المؤلف–التاريخ)
Al-Hinai, Mustafa, Majid Al-Muqbali, Aisha Gowri, Vaidyanathan, and Abdullah Al-Maniri. 2025. "Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Low Birth Weight in Omani Infants: A case-control study." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 13 (3): 386-391. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1493.
هارفارد
Al-Hinai, M., Al-Muqbali, M., Gowri, A., Vaidyanathan and Al-Maniri, A. (2025) 'Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Low Birth Weight in Omani Infants: A case-control study', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 13(3), pp. 386-391. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1493.
فانكوفر
Al-Hinai M, Al-Muqbali M, Gowri A, Vaidyanathan, Al-Maniri A. Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Low Birth Weight in Omani Infants: A case-control study. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;13(3):386-391. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1493
IEEE
M. Al-Hinai, M. Al-Muqbali, A. Gowri, Vaidyanathan, and A. Al-Maniri, "Effects of Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Low Birth Weight in Omani Infants: A case-control study," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 386-391, 2025, doi: 10.18295/2075-0528.1493.