Assessment of Low Birth Weight and Associated Factors Among Neonates in Butajira General Hospital, South Ethiopia, Cross Sectional Study, 2019

Table 1

Factors associated with low birth weight among newborns delivered at Butajira General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, March 2019 ().

Variables	Categories	LBW		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Yes (%)	No (%)
History of abortion	Yes	6 (20.7)	23 (79.3)	3.333 (1.081, 10.276)	2.183 (0.397, 11.9961)
	No	9 (7.3)	115 (92.7)	1	1
Birth interval	<24 months	6 (37.5)	10 (62.5)	8.533 (2.527, 28.819)	11.125 (2.008, 15.646)
	24 months & above	9 (6.6)	128 (93.4)	1	1
History of preterm birth	Yes	3 (30.0)	70 (70.0)	0.214 (0.049, 0.935)	6.89 (0.328, 141.332)
	No	12 (8.4)	131 (91.6)	1	1
Height of mother	<155 cm	4 (21.1)	15 (78.9)	2.773 (0.816, 9.428)	0.226 (0.006, 8.288)
	155 cm & above	15 (8.8)	156 (91.2)	1	1
MUAC of mother	<23 cm	3 (37.5)	5 (62.5)	1	1
	23 cm & above	16 (8.8)	166 (91.2)	6.225 (1.361, 28.477)	0.17 (0.01, 0.321)
Medical conditions	Yes	4 (33.3)	8 (66.7)	5.433 (1.464, 20.168)	10.419 (1.012, 17.238)
	No	15 (8.4)	163 (91.6)	1	1
Iron & folic acid	Yes	5 (3.8)	125 (96.2)	0.140 (0.047, 0.421)	0.176 (0.031, 1.001)
	No	12 (22.2)	42 (77.8)	1	1
GA at birth	<37 week	2 (40.0)	3 (60.0)	6.588 (1.028, 42.213)	2.326 (0.039, 137.759)
	37 week & above	17 (9.2)	168 (90.8)	1	1

Statistically significant at .