Immunization Completion in Infants Born at Low Birth Weight
Author(s) -
Matt Nestander,
Jay M. Dintaman,
Apryl Susi,
Gregory Gorman,
Elizabeth HisleGorman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pix079
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , pediatrics , low birth weight , confidence interval , birth weight , retrospective cohort study , gestational age , immunization , medical record , logistic regression , pregnancy , immunology , genetics , antigen , biology
Low birth weight (LBW) has been associated with underimmunization. We sought to understand the effect of LBW on immunization completion after controlling for previously hypothesized mediators, including prematurity, neonatal illness, well-child care, non-well-child visits, and provider consistency.
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