Research Article
Determinants of Low Birth Weight among Deliveries at a Referral Hospital in Northern Ethiopia
Table 2
Bivariate analyses of different variables with low birth weight, Debreberhan Referral Hospital, northern Ethiopia, June 2016.
| | Variable | Cases () | Controls () | COR (95% CI) | value | | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) |
| | Sex of newborn | | | | | | Female | 69 (46.9%) | 158 (53.7%) | 1.000 | | | Male | 78 (53.1%) | 136 (46.3%) | 1.313 (0.883, 1.953) | 0.178 | | Mothers’ age category | | | | | | 15–24 | 77 (52.4%) | 126 (42.9%) | 1.595 (1.048, 2.422) | 0.029 | | 25–34 | 56 (38.1%) | 146 (49.7%) | 1.000 | | | 35–42 | 14 (9.5%) | 22 (7.5%) | 1.659 (0.794, 3.469) | 0.178 | | Mother’s gravidity | | | 0.962 (0.827, 1.118) | 0.614 | | Gravidity in category | | | | | | Primigravida | 86 (58.5%) | 156 (53.1%) | 1.000 | | | Multigravida | 61 (41.5%) | 138 (46.9%) | 0.802 (0.537, 1.196) | 0.279 | | Mother’s parity | | | 0.965 (0.826, 1.128) | 0.657 | | Parity in category | | | | | | Primipara | 90 (61.2%) | 172 (58.5%) | 1.000 | | | Multipara | 57 (38.8%) | 122 (41.5%) | 0.893 (0.596, 1.339) | 0.583 | | History of abortion | | | | | | No | 137 (93.2%) | 274 (93.2%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 10 (6.8%) | 20 (6.8%) | 1.000 (0.456, 2.195) | 1.000 | | Gestational age at birth | | | | | | Term | 82 (55.8%) | 231 (78.6%) | 1.000 | | | Preterm | 47 (32.0%) | 25 (8.5%) | 5.296 (3.066, 9.149) | 0.000 | | Postterm | 4 (2.7%) | 11 (3.7%) | 1.024 (0.317, 3.306) | 0.968 | | Unknown | 14 (9.5%) | 27 (9.2%) | 1.461 (0.731, 2.921) | 0.284 | | Mode of delivery | | | | | | SVD | 106 (72.1%) | 172 (58.5%) | 1.000 | | | Instrumental | 30 (20.4%) | 86 (29.3%) | 0.566 (0.350, 0.916) | 0.020 | | CS | 11 (7.5%) | 36 (12.2%) | 0.496 (0.242, 1.016) | 0.055 | | ANC visit | | | | | | No | 93 (63.3%) | 187 (63.6%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 54 (36.7%) | 107 (36.4%) | 1.015 (0.673, 1.531) | 0.944 | | Iron supplementation | | | | | | No | 129 (87.8%) | 251 (85.4%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 18 (12.2%) | 43 (14.6%) | 0.814 (0.452, 1.469) | 0.495 | | Chronic hypertension | | | | | | No | 118 (80.3%) | 239 (81.3%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 29 (19.7%) | 55 (18.7%) | 1.068 (0.647, 1.762) | 0.797 | | PIH | | | | | | No | 131 (89.1%) | 276 (93.9%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 16 (10.9%) | 18 (6.1%) | 1.873 (0.926, 3.789) | 0.081 | | History of anemia | | | | | | No | 117 (79.6%) | 241 (82.0%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 30 (20.4%) | 53 (18.0%) | 1.166 (0.708, 1.921) | 0.547 | | Chronic DM | | | | | | No | 126 (85.7%) | 238 (81.0%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 21 (14.3%) | 56 (19.0%) | 0.708 (0.410, 1.223) | 0.216 | | Trauma during preg. | | | | | | No | 142 (96.6%) | 292 (99.3%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 5 (3.4%) | 2 (0.7%) | 5.141 (0.985, 26.823) | 0.052 | | Any sign preg. comp. | | | | | | No | 71 (48.3%) | 188 (63.9%) | 1.000 | | | Yes | 76 (51.7%) | 106 (36.1%) | 1.898 (1.270, 2.837) | 0.002 |
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