Research Article
Determinants of Neural Tube Defects among Newborns in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants who gave birth at public referral hospitals, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2019.
| | Predictor variables | Category of variables | Cases | Controls | , value | | (%) | (%) |
| | Age | | | | | | 18-27 | 40 (31.5) | 96 (37.8) | 3.15, | | 28-34 | 60 (47.2) | 96 (37.8) | | ≥35 | 27 (21.3) | 62 (24.4) |
| | Residence | | | | | | Rural | 75 (59.1) | 92 (36.2) | 17.93, | | Urban | 52 (40.9) | 162 (63.8) |
| | Education level of mother | | | | | | Illiterate | 53 (41.7) | 29 (11.4) | 59.16, | | Primary | 23 (18.1) | 112 (44.1) | | Secondary | 32 (25.2) | 92 (36.2) | | Tertiary | 19 (15.0) | 21 (8.3) |
| | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 8 (6.3) | 13 (5.1) | 0.23, | | Married | 119 (93.7) | 241 (94.9) |
| | Sex of the newborn | | | | | | Male | 38 (29.9) | 120 (47.2) | 10.47, | | Female | 89 (70.1) | 134 (52.8) |
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