Magnitude and determinants of inadequate third-trimester weight gain in rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to estimate the magnitude and determinants of inadequate weight gain in the third-trimester among rural women in Matlab, Bangladesh.

Methods

The study analyzed data on weight gain in the third trimester in 1,883 pregnant women in Matlab, Bangladesh. All these women were admitted to Matlab hospital of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) for childbirth during 2012-2014, and they had singleton live births at term. Data were retrieved from the electronic databases of Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System and Matlab hospital. A multivariable logistic regression for inadequate weight gain in the third trimester (≤4 kg) was built with sociodemographic, environmental and maternal factor

SUBMITTER: Hasan SMT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5919629 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature