Research Article
Determinants of Low Birth Weight among Deliveries at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia
Table 1
Frequency distribution of maternal and newborn characteristics among cases and controls, Debreberhan Referral Hospital, northern Ethiopia, June 2016.
| Variable | Cases () | Controls () | Frequency | % | Frequency | % |
| Sex of newborn | | | | | Female | 69 | 46.9% | 158 | 53.7% | Male | 78 | 53.1% | 136 | 46.3% | Mothers’ age category | | | | | 15–24 | 77 | 52.4% | 126 | 42.9% | 25–34 | 56 | 38.1% | 146 | 49.7% | 35–42 | 14 | 9.5% | 22 | 7.5% | Mother’s gravidity | | | | | Primigravida | 86 | 58.5% | 156 | 53.1% | Multigravida | 61 | 41.5% | 138 | 46.9% | Mother’s parity | | | | | Primipara | 90 | 61.2% | 172 | 58.5% | Multipara | 57 | 38.8% | 122 | 41.5% | Mother’s history of abortion | | | | | No | 137 | 93.2% | 274 | 93.2% | Yes | 10 | 6.8% | 20 | 6.8% | Gestational age at birth | | | | | Full-term | 82 | 55.8% | 231 | 78.6% | Preterm | 47 | 32.0% | 25 | 8.5% | Postterm | 4 | 2.7% | 11 | 3.7% | Unknown | 14 | 9.5% | 27 | 9.2% | Mode of delivery | | | | | SVD | 106 | 72.1% | 172 | 58.5% | Instrumental | 30 | 20.4% | 86 | 29.3% | CS | 11 | 7.5% | 36 | 12.2% | Mother’s ANC visit | | | | | No | 93 | 63.3% | 187 | 63.6% | Yes | 54 | 36.7% | 107 | 36.4% | Iron supplementation during pregnancy | | | | | No | 129 | 87.8% | 251 | 85.4% | Yes | 18 | 12.2% | 43 | 14.6% | Mother’s history of chronic hypertension | | | | | No | 118 | 80.3% | 239 | 81.3% | Yes | 29 | 19.7% | 55 | 18.7% | Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) | | | | | No | 131 | 89.1% | 276 | 93.9% | Yes | 16 | 10.9% | 18 | 6.1% | Mother’s history of anemia | | | | | No | 117 | 79.6% | 241 | 82.0% | Yes | 30 | 20.4% | 53 | 18.0% | Mother’s history of chronic DM | | | | | No | 126 | 85.7% | 238 | 81.0% | Yes | 21 | 14.3% | 56 | 19.0% | Experience of physical trauma during pregnancy | | | | | No | 142 | 96.6% | 292 | 99.3% | Yes | 5 | 3.4% | 2 | 0.7% | Any sign of pregnancy complications | | | | | No | 71 | 48.3% | 188 | 63.9% | Yes | 76 | 51.7% | 106 | 36.1% |
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