This is an interactive tool for population attributable fraction (PAF)
for risk factors of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and preterm births
(PTB) in 81 low- and middle- income countries. Two components of the
tool are listed below.
Explore country specific estimates
The APP presents the results from two papers on PAFs for risk
factors of SGA and PTB. The PAFs are reported for each
identified risk factors and for each category of risk factors.
The app helps user to visualize the proportion of SGA/PTB
attributed to each country.
You can also download a spreadsheet with calculations and then
use your own data to recalculate PAFs. The spreadsheet can also
be used to produce sub-national estimates if you have data
available.
The visualizer houses all the risk factors and their association
with two birth outcomes that we explored in our review. Each
risk factor is categorized into one of the following categories:
Maternal infection; Nutrition; Uterine, placental, and cervical
factors; environmental and other exposure; Fetal
characteristics; General Health issues/morbidity; and Pregnancy
history. The arrow from the risk factor to the birth outcomes
summarizes the risk association we identified in the literature.