Influence of Birth Weight on Mortality From Infectious Diseases: A Case-Control Study

Influence of Birth Weight on Mortality From Infectious Diseases: A Case-Control Study C G Victora, P G Smith, J P Vaughan, L C Nobre, C Lombardi, A M B Teixeira, S M Fuchs, L B Moreira, L P Gigante and F C Barros Pediatrics 1988;81;807 The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located on the World Wide Web at: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/81/6/807 PEDIATRICS is the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics A monthly publication, it has been published continuously since 1948 PEDIATRICS is owned, published, and trademarked by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest Point Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 60007 Copyright © 1988 by the American Academy of Pediatrics All rights reserved Print ISSN: 0031-4005 Online ISSN: 1098-4275 Downloaded from pediatrics.aappublications.org at Viet Nam:AAP Sponsored on March 3, 2013 Influence Infectious c G Victora, L Nobre, S M Fuchs, F C Barros, of Birth Weight on Mortality From Diseases: A Case-Control Study MD, PhD, P G Smith, DSc, J P Vaughan, MD, MD, C Lombardi, BSc, A.M.B Teixeira, MD, MD, L B Moreira, MD, L P Gigante, MD, and MD, PhD From the Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil, and the Tropical Epidemiology Unit and the Evaluation and Planning Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London ABSTRACT The association between birth weight and infant mortality from infectious diseases was investigated in a population-based case-control study in two urban areas in southern Brazil All deaths of children, seven to 364 days of age, occurring in a year were stud- ied and the parents of the 357 infants dying of an infectious cause were interviewed, as were the parents of two neighborhood control infants for each case Low birth weight infants (