A Case Control Study on Risk Factors Associated with Low Birth Weight Babies in Eastern Nepal

Table 1

Comparison of basic variables of mothers between cases and controls.

Characteristics	⁢Case group		⁢Control group		value
	Mean	Std. deviation	Mean	Std. deviation
Birth weight (gm)	2126.73	340.13	3083.65	332.26	<0.001
Maternal age (years)	24.07	5.09	23.38	5.01	0.23
Family size (number)	5.58	2.51	5.45	2.39	0.63
Monthly income (Rs.)	12627.17	8486.16	16332.70	13786.85	0.003
Maternal Weight (kg)	47.04	9.30	52.11	8.58	<0.001
Total ANC visits (number)	3.36	1.47	4.46	1.44	<0.001
Iron tablet (number)	98.30	47.40	129.81	48.11	<0.001
Calcium tablet (number)	40.94	54.12	72.64	72.81	<0.001
Hb level (gm/dL)	11.33	1.09	11.33	1.22	0.02
Maternal height (cm)	146.73	7.88	152.77	6.04	<0.001
Per-capita income ($)	1.10	0.72	1.39	1.09	0.004

Significant -test at , Mann-Whitney test significant at .