Skew-normal Regression for Determination of Risk Factors Associated with LBW

Abstract

In the last 20 years there has been no real decrease in infant mortality rate in the U.S. This is due to a general increase in the proportion of low birth weight (LBW) that have been born in more recent years. The purpose of this study was to give a more accurate depiction of the risk factors that are associated with low birth weight (LBW) infants in the U.S.