Type of Delivery Method May Be Associated with Child Undernutrition and Mortality: Study Finds
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Data from the National Family Health Survey in India indicate higher risks of stunting, wasting, and underweight among children born via C-section compared to those delivered vaginally. The analysis, which included 200,794 births, also found an increased likelihood of neonatal mortality in C-section births.
Additionally, children born to mothers with third or higher-order pregnancies faced greater risks of both neonatal and infant mortality. These findings, published in BMC Pediatrics, highlight the need to address delivery methods and maternal factors in improving child health outcomes.
Researchers from Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha, India, examined the impact of delivery methods on child health in children aged 0–59 months in India.
For this purpose, the researchers used 200,794 samples in the study. Of these, 45,784 births were delivered by C-section, while the remaining 150,010 were delivered through normal vaginal delivery. To assess the association between child health and mode of delivery, life table estimation of mortality and bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were applied to data from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey conducted in 2019-21.
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