Effect of Maternal Iron Deficiency Anemia on the Iron Store of Newborns in Ethiopia
Table 1
Summary of sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of mothers and their newborns gender and weight attending at St. Paul’s Hospital, Addis Ababa.
Characteristics
Total () frequency (%)
IDA () frequency (%)
NA () frequency (%)
value
Maternal age
≤24 yrs
52 (58.4%)
11 (52.4%)
41 (60.3%)
0.700
>24 yrs
37 (41.6%)
10 (47.6%)
27 (39.7%)
Maternal education level
No education
26 (29.2%)
6 (28.6%)
20 (29.4%)
0.805
Primary school
19 (21.4%)
6 (28.6%)
13 (19.1%)
Secondary school
13 (14.6%)
3 (14.2%)
10 (14.7%)
Above secondary school
31 (34.8%)
6 (28.6%)
25 (36.8%)
Maternal occupation
Housewives
67 (75.3%)
16 (76.2%)
51 (75.0%)
0.858
Employed
22 (24.7%)
5 (23.8%)
17 (25.0%)
Parity
Primiparous
57 (64.0%)
12 (57.1%)
45 (66.2%)
0.621
Multiparous
32 (36.0%)
9 (42.9%)
23 (33.8%)
Delivery
Vaginal
70 (78.7%)
17 (81.0%)
53 (77.9%)
0.992
Cesarean section
19 (21.3%)
4 (19.0%)
15 (22.1%)
ANC followup
Yes
79 (88.8%)
17 (81.0%)
62 (91.2%)
0.367
No
10 (11.2%)
4 (19.0%)
6 (8.8%)
Iron intake during pregnancy
Yes
52 (58.4%)
10 (47.6%)
42 (61.8%)
0.370
No
37 (41.6%)
11 (52.4%)
26 (38.2%)
Newborns’ gender
Female
45 (50.6%)
10 (47.6%)
35 (51.5%)
0.953
Male
44 (49.4%)
11 (52.4%)
33 (48.5%)
Weight of newborns
Normal birth weight
78 (87.6%)
19 (90.5%)
59 (86.8%)
0.942
Low birth weight
11 (12.4%)
2 (9.5%)
9 (13.2%)
IDA = iron deficient anemic; NA = nonanemic. Data are from the Chi-square test.
