Background: an adequate monitoring and the compliance
of the nutritional requirements are essential for
fetal development and successful control of pregnancy
outcomes. This study aimed to determine the association
between sociodemographic factors and the pre-birth monitoring
associated with perinatal mortality in pregnant
women from Colombia.
Methods: this was a cross-sectional analysis from the
2010 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey and
the National Nutritional Survey that included 14 754
pregnant women between 13 and 44 years old. Sociodemographic
factors included: new born sex, geographic
region, socioeconomic status (SISBEN), pre-birth monitoring
(weight control, uterus height, blood pressure,
fetal cardiac activity, biochemistry essays, urine analysis)
and the supplementation of iron, calcium and folic acid,
were collected by structured questionnaire. Associations
were established through multivariable and binary regression
models.