Low Birth Weight and Its Associated Factors among Newborns Delivered at Wolaita Sodo University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2018
Table 2
The association between low birth weight and independent variables among newborns delivered at Wolaita Sodo University teaching and referral hospital, Sothern Ethiopia, 2018.
Variable
Category
birth weight
COR
P-value
Low
No low
Parity
Primi
41
182
2.381(1.022-5.549)
0.044
Multi
7
74
1
1
History abortion
Yes
12
35
2.105(1-4.43)
0.05
No
36
221
1
1
ANC visit
Yes
39
241
1
1
No
9
15
3.708(1.518-9.055)
0.004
Iron intake during pregnancy
Yes
24
189
1
1
No
24
67
2.821(1.501-0.5.3)
0.001
Malaria during pregnancy
Yes
19
51
2.634(1.368-5.069)
0.004
no
29
205
1
1
HTN
Yes
16
17
7.029(3.235-15.273)
<0.001
No
32
239
1
1
PROM
YES
7
8
5.293(1.821-15.381)
0.002
No
41
248
1
1
Anemia
Yes
26
82
2.508(1.342-4.688)
0.004
No
22
174
1
1
Herbal medication
Yes
8
4
12.6(3.625-43.791)
<0.001
No
40
252
1
1
Alcohol use during pregnancy
Yes
15
8
14.091(5.55-35.776)
<0.001
No
33
248
1
1
Sex of neonate
Male
34
120
1
1
Female
14
136
0.363(0.186-0.709)
0.003
Gestation(in weeks)
Preterm
22
55
3.092(1.628-5.872)
0.001
Term
26
201
1
1
ANC=antenatal care; HTN=hypertension; PROM=premature rupture of membrane
