Low Birth Weight and Its Associated Factors among Newborns Delivered at Wolaita Sodo University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2018
Table 3
The association between low birth weight and different factors among newborns delivered at Wolaita Sodo University teaching and referral hospital, Sothern Ethiopia, 2018.
Variable
Category
birth weight
AOR
P-value
Low
No low
Parity
Primi
41
182
5.798(1.572-21.377)
0.008
Multi
7
74
1
1
History abortion
Yes
12
35
1.189(0.399-3.541)
0.755
No
36
221
1
1
ANC visit
Yes
39
241
1
1
No
9
15
0.289(0.051-1.632)
0.16
Iron intake during pregnancy
Yes
24
189
1
1
No
24
67
1.032(0.396-2.689)
0.948
Malaria during pregnancy
Yes
19
51
1.547(0.59-4.053)
0.375
no
29
205
1
1
HTN
Yes
16
17
6.955(2.386-20.275)
<0.001
No
32
239
1
1
PROM
YES
7
8
2.942(0.596-14.517)
0.185
No
41
248
1
1
Anemia
Yes
26
82
3.808(1.513-9.586)
0.005
No
22
174
1
1
Herbal medication
Yes
8
4
35.762(4.571-279.764)
0.001
No
40
252
1
1
Alcohol use during pregnancy
Yes
15
8
8.111(2.359-27. 895)
0.001
No
33
248
1
1
Sex of neonate
Male
34
120
1
1
Female
14
136
0.574(0.249-1.32)
0.191
Gestation(in weeks)
Preterm
22
55
1.983(0.787-4.996)
0.147
Term
26
201
1
1
ANC=antenatal care; HTN=hypertension; PROM=premature rupture of membrane
