Country-Level Analysis of the Association between Maternal Obesity and Neonatal Mortality in 34 Sub-Saharan African Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior work examining the association of maternal obesity and neonatal mortality indicate the presence of a positive relationship. However, regional evidence to provide insight on country-level heterogeneities within sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with nationally representative datasets are non-existent.

Objective

We aimed to determine the relationship between maternal obesity and neonatal mortality at the country level in SSA countries. Moreover, we also estimate regional measures of association to complement previous findings.

Methods

Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from 34 SSA countries conducted from 2006-2016 were used for this study. After missing data (36.9% of cases) were addressed with multiple imputations, we identified a total of 175,860 women

SUBMITTER: Ozodiegwu ID 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6896841 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature