Research Article

Teenage Pregnancy and Its Adverse Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes at Lemlem Karl Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018

Table 1

Sample size calculated by Epi info statistical software from different outcome variables based on their proportion for teenagers and adult mothers (in 1 : 1 ratio of teenage and adult), 2018 ().

VariableProportion of outcomes in exposedProportion of outcomes in nonexposedORSampleReference

Cesarean section18.59.51.99Exposed 255Ikeako et al. [30]
Nonexposed 255
Total 510

Low birth weight9.53.62.81Exposed 309Egbe et al. [29]
Nonexposed 309
Total 618

Preterm2073.32Exposed 123Tripathi and Sherchand [21]
Nonexposed 123
Total 246