The performance of various anthropometric assessment methods for predicting low birth weight in adolescent pregnant women

• Main Authors: Denise Cavalcante de Barros (Author), Cláudia Saunders (Author), Marta Maria Antonieta de Souza Santos (Author), Beatriz Della Líbera (Author), Silvana Granado Nogueira da Gama (Author), Maria do Carmo Leal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To evaluate the performance of various anthropometric evaluation methods for adolescent pregnant women in the prediction of birth weight. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study including 826 adolescent pregnant women. In the pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) classification, the recommen...