… weights in urban Nigeria. Model 1 has community-level variable (region) to show the odds of
low and high birth weights in urban Nigeria. … births, birth interval, sex of the child, birth order, …

… Information on infants’ birth weight and size at birth is essential to avert the complications
resulting from LBW. In the present study, 5,189 birth weights of children were measured in the …

… However, such reports from Nigeria are lacking in literature. The objective of this study was
… the placental weight and birth weight of the neonate at term pregnancy in a Nigerian hospital. …

… attendant delivers majority of pregnant women in Nigeria. Objective: This study aimed at …
of low birth weight (LBW) neonates in a Traditional Birth Home (TBH)in Benin City, Nigeria. …

… Studies on birth weight in Nigeria … birth weight shows a reverse social gradient, this study
examined the effects of maternal, sociocultural and environmental factors on the birth weight of …

… those populations. To the best of our knowledge, data on the weight of Nigerian fetuses are
… of sonographically estimated fetal weights in the country with actual birth weight in order to …

… this study, [ 20 , 21 ] maternal weight and BMI are good predictors of birth weight and can be
… at risk of delivering big or low birth weight babies in North-west Nigeria and need for in utero …

… birth weight and incidence of low birth weight … Nigeria was similar to previous reports in
Nigeria. The incidence of macrosomia at birth was however higher than earlier reports in Nigeria. …

… data and incompleteness of birthweight information (UN 2004) in Nigeria into account, this
… using birth-size as equivalent measure/proxy for birth weight. The successful use of birth size …

… A number of authors have written on birth weights in Nigeria, but these have been mainly …
indication that birth weights may vary from one ethnic group to the other, and Nigeria has more …