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0489/2016 - Maternal nutricional status and it’s association with birth weight in high risk pregnancies.
Estado nutricional materno e sua associação com o peso ao nascer em gestações de alto risco.

Author:

• Alane Cabral Menezes de Oliveira - Oliveira, A.C.M - UFAL, FANUT - <alanecabral@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7497-919X

Co-author(s):

• Lidiane Almeida Pereira - Pereira, Lidiane Almeida - Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Faculdade de Nutrição - <lidyalmeida5@hotmail.com>
• Raphaela Costa Ferreira - Ferreira, R.C - Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Faculdade de Nutrição - <raphinhacosta2010@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1613-8819
• Ana Paula Grotti Clemente - Clemente, Ana Paula Grotti - Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Faculdade de Nutrição - <anagrotticlemente@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2315-5980

Thematic Area:

Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde

Abstract:

The clinical and nutritional status of pregnant women are important variables for risk of inadequacies birth weight. Thus, this study aimed the nutritional status of high-risk pregnant women and its association with birth weight of their concepts. A cross-sectional study with high-risk pregnant women assisted at the universitary hospital of Maceio-AL and their newborns. The nutritional status of pregnant women and their concepts was evaluated according to body mass index for gestational age and birth weight, respectively. The association between maternal factors (comorbidities and nutritional status) and birth weight was made by the chi-square test and Pearson correlation, by adopting a confidence level of 95%. They were studied 149 pregnant women, with 19.7% of these were with low weight; 32.0% were eutrophic and 48.3% with overweight. Among newborns, 39.6% referred to as small for gestational age (SGA); 26.8% appropriete for gestacional age (AGA) and 33.6% large for gestational age (LGA). Newborns LGA of birth was associated with overweight and the presence of metabolic comorbidities and newborns SGA of birth was associated with gestational insufficient weight gain, it is key interventions to reduce these outcomes.

Keywords:

pregnancyhigh riskbirth weightnutritional status

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Oliveira, A.C.M, Pereira, Lidiane Almeida, Ferreira, R.C, Clemente, Ana Paula Grotti. Maternal nutricional status and it’s association with birth weight in high risk pregnancies.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Nov). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/maternal-nutricional-status-and-its-association-with-birth-weight-in-high-risk-pregnancies/15915?id=15915



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