Abstract
Maternal factors and perinatal outcome of low birth‐weight (≤ 2,500g) infants of 46 adolescent mothers was studied and compared with 160 adolescents who delivered infants weighing > 2,500g. The significant factors found in the low birth‐weight group were anaemia, small maternal physique and preterm delivery. Expectedly, the perinatal mortality rate was significantly increased in low birth‐weight infants.