Socioeconomic determinants of low birth weight and its association with peripubertal obesity in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Low birth weight (LBW) is an early life adversity associated with various risk factors and metabolic dysfunction throughout life. However, the role of socioeconomic factors in the association between LBW and peripubertal health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains unclear. This ecological study investigated the factors contributing to LBW and its impacts in Brazil.

Methods

Data were collected from the Global Health Data Exchange as summary exposure values (SEVs), which serve as a proxy for population prevalence weighted by the relative risk. Additionally, information was sourced from official Brazilian government resources covering the years 1995 to 2017, resulting in a total of 338 state-year observations applied for temporal lagged analyses. Fir

SUBMITTER: Lima-Soares F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11961654 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature