Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: A pooled country analysis

• Main Authors: Joanne Katz, Anne C.C. Lee, Naoko Kozuki, Joy E. Lawn, Simon Cousens, Hannah Blencowe, Majid Ezzati, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Tanya Marchant, Barbara A. Willey, Linda Adair, Fernando Barros, Abdullah H. Baqui, Parul Christian, Wafaie Fawzi, Rogelio Gonzalez, Jean Humphrey, Lieven Huybregts, Patrick Kolsteren, Aroonsri Mongkolchati, Luke C. Mullany, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Jyh Kae Nien, David Osrin, Dominique Roberfroid, Ayesha Sania, Christentze Schmiegelow, Mariangela F. Silveira, James Tielsch, Anjana Vaidya, Sithembiso C. Velaphi, Cesar G. Victora, Deborah Watson-Jones, Robert E. Black
• Other Authors: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/32301
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background Babies with low birthweight (<2500 g) are at increased risk of early mortality. However, low birthweight includes babies born preterm and with fetal growth restriction, and not all these infants have a birthweight less than 2500 g. We estimated the neonatal and infant mortality associa...