Level of serum protein in mothers as a long risk factor of short birth baby lenght

Abstract

Backgrounds

Pregnant women are one of the groups that experience malnutrition easily, so that can cause baby born short. The percentage of pregnant women in Indonesia with protein intake is still very low. The length of a short-born baby is a risk factor for stunting. One way to reduce stunting is to improve maternal nutritional status during pregnancy.

Objective

To prove that serum protein levels in the mother that affect the length of a short-born baby is low.

Methods

The type of this research is observational analytic research by using a case control design.  This research used 48 respondents as research subjects divided into 24 people of case groups and 24 people of control groups.  Mothers who had given birth in the case group and the control group were taken for blood to measure serum protein levels.  Bivariate analysis using chi square.

Results

There was no significant relationship between serum protein levels in mothers with length of a short-born baby events with p = 0.380 and OR = 2,000 (95% CI = 0.623-6.421).  Mothers with less serum protein levels have risk 2,000 times to give birth to babies with short birth lengths compared to mothers with normal serum protein levels. 

Conclusion

Serum protein levels in the mother were not proven to be factors that influence the birth length of short babies.