Research Article

Maternal Predictors of Newborn Somatometrics

Table 4

Regression coefficients of birth weight and its significance in the multivariable model of logistic regression for MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) of the mother, AOM (age of mother) and maternal body mass index (BMI).

Birth weightBStd. error of BExp B (95% CI)Sig.

MUAC< 22 cm (undernourished)0.9390.2772.559 (1.927–4.063)0.050
≥22 cm (normal)0.00 (referent)
AOM<20 years (teenage)0.6690.2011.951 (1.677–3.621)0.016
≥20 years0.00 (referent)
BMINormal (≥18.5)−0.2040.1290.816 (0.472–0.908)0.044
Underweight (≤18.49)0.00 (referent)