Maternal Predictors of Newborn Somatometrics

Table 3

Percentage distribution of babies with respect to their birth weight on the basis of age of mother, mother’s MUAC and maternal BMI.

		Birth weight
Variables and standards		<2.5 kg (LBW)	>2.5 kgs	Chi-square
Age of mother	<20 years	55%	45%	3.431*
	≥20 years	32.4%	67.6%
MUAC	<22 cm	53.2%	46.8%	3.687*
	≥22 cm	27.7%	72.3%
BMI categories	Underweight	59.3%	40.7%
	Normal	48.3%	61.7%	5.88*
	Overweight/obese	0	100%

* 𝑝<0.05.