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Contextual Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight: A Multilevel Analysis

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  • Gbenga A Kayode
  • Mary Amoakoh-Coleman
  • Irene Akua Agyepong
  • Evelyn Ansah
  • Diederick E Grobbee
  • Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch

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Background: Low birth weight (LBW) remains to be a leading cause of neonatal death and a major contributor to infant and under-five mortality. Its prevalence has not declined in the last decade in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Asia. Some individual level factors have been identified as risk factors for LBW but knowledge is limited on contextual risk factors for LBW especially in SSA. Methods: Contextual risk factors for LBW in Ghana were identified by performing multivariable multilevel logistic regression analysis of 6,900 mothers dwelling in 412 communities that participated in the 2003 and 2008 Demographic and Health Surveys in Ghana. Results: Contextual-level factors were significantly associated with LBW: Being a rural dweller increased the likelihood of having a LBW infant by 43% (OR 1.43; 95% CI 1.01–2.01; P-value

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  • Gbenga A Kayode & Mary Amoakoh-Coleman & Irene Akua Agyepong & Evelyn Ansah & Diederick E Grobbee & Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, 2014. "Contextual Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight: A Multilevel Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(10), pages 1-8, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0109333
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109333
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