However, the pregnancy outcomes of teenage
mothers were also associated with other independent
factors. Summary of review on associated factors and
maternal and fetal outcomes is presented in Fig. 1.
Lower maternal age, previous history of LBW, maternal
smoking during pregnancy and history of hypertension
increased the risk of LBW(27). In both developing and
developed countries, poor demo-socioeconomic
characteristics and limited access to quality of health
care or services among teen mothers were disclosed
widely(22,23,29). Well-documented risk factors for LBW
were young maternal age, low education