Summary:
Objectives: To measure the prevalence and find out the risk
factor of delivery of low birth weight babies at Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Methods: A
descriptive type of cross sectional study was done in the
Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, BSMMU, Dhaka
from July 2006 to December 2006. Results: The results
showed that the prevalence of Low Birth Weight (LBW) baby
was 16%. The results were statistically analyzed by chisquare
test. In this study p value <0.05 was taken as
significant and p value >0.05 was taken as not significant,
other p value <0.01 was taken as very significant and
p<0.001 was taken as highly significant. The study explored
out that age of the women (p >0.05), weight of women
(p<0.001), occupation of women (p<0.001) status of food
intake (p<0.001), malnutrition of women (anaemia)
(p<0.001), antenatal check up (p<0.001), parity of mother
(p<0.001), association of gestational age (p<0.001) of the
pregnant women, maternal disease (Hypertension &
Nephritis) (p<0.001) with their mid arm circumference
(p<0.001), are highly significant with delivery of low birth