Research Article
Magnitude of Anemia and Its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Najo General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Obstetric and medical factors of pregnant women attending ANC of Najo General Hospital, 2019.
| Variable | Category | Frequency (%) |
| Helminthic infected | Yes | 4 (1) | No | 380 (99) |
| Malaria infected | Yes | 20 (5.2) | No | 364 (94.8) |
| History of use contraceptive | Yes | 329 (85.7) | No | 55 (14.3) |
| History of menstrual level | Heavy | 91 (23.7) | Light | 293 (76.3) |
| Trimesters | First | 116 (30.2) | Second | 95 (24.7) | Third | 102 (26.6) | Fourth | 71 (18.5) |
| History of abortion | Yes | 113 (29.4) | No | 271 (70.6) |
| Body Mass index | Overweight (>25 Kg/m2) | 39 (10.2) | Normal (18.5–25 Kg/m2) | 336 (87.5) | Underweight (18.5 Kg/m2) | 9 (2.3) |
| Birth spacing | ≤1 year | 170 (44.3) | 2–3 year | 65 (16.9) | >3 year | 149 (38.8) |
| Parity (number of deliveries) | Nullipara | 172 (44.8) | Primipara | 113 (29.4) | Multipara | 97 (25.3) | Grand multipara | 2 (5) |
| Hemoglobin level | ≤7 g/dL | 9 (2.3) | 7–9.9 g/dL | 43 (11.2) | 10–11 g/dL | 93 (24.2) | >11 g/dL | 239 (62.2) |
| Gravid | First | 144 (37.5) | Second | 117 (30.5) | Third | 76 (19.8) | Fourth | 35 (.9.1) | ≥fifth | 12 (3.1) |
| History of contraceptive use | Depo-Provera | 182 (47.4) | Implanon | 89 (23.2) | Loop | 11 (2.9) | Combined contraceptive | 9 (2.3) | Depo and Implanon | 35 (9.1) |
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