Prevalence and Associated Factors of Low Birth Weight among Term Newborns in Dilla Town, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with low birth weight neonates, Dilla town, Southern Ethiopia.

Variables	LBW		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Yes	No
Maternal age
<20 yrs	56 (51.9%)	52 (48.1%)	2.81 (1.58,4.99)	2.46 (1.21,500)
20-30 yrs	42 (29.4%)	101 (70.6%)	1.08 (0.61,1.91)	1.1 (0.56,2.17)
31-40 yrs	35 (29.2%)	85 (70.8%)	1.07 (0.59,1.93)	0.88 (0.43,1.78)
≥41 yrs	28 ((27.7%)	73 (72.3%)	Ref	Ref
Level of education
No formal education	58 (52.3%)	53 (47.7%)	2.83 (1.60,4.99)	2.21 (0.09,52.07)
Primary education	42 (28.6%)	105 (71.4%)	1.03 (0.59,1.81)	0.93 (0.04,24.82)
Grade 7-8 education	32 (29.1%)	78 (70.9%)	1.06 (0.59,1.92	2.39 (0.06,90.08)
≥secondary education	29 (27.9%)	75 (72.1%)	Ref	Ref
Residency
Urban	114 (30.9%)	255 (69.1%)	Ref	Ref
Rural	47 (45.6%)	56 (54.4%)	1.88 (1.20,2.93)	6.78 (3.51,13.08)
Occupation
Employ	39 (37.1%)	66 (62.9%)	Ref	Ref
Merchant	27 (27.3%)	72 (72.7%)	0.64 (0.35,1.15)	0.68 (0.32,1.44)
Farmer	29 (27.1%)	78 (72.9%)	0.63 (0.35,1.13)	0.59 (0.28,1.25)
Housewife	27 (35.1%)	50 (64.9%)	0.91 (0.49,1.69)	0.73 (0.33,1.64)
Daily worker	39 (46.4%)	45 (53.6%)	1.47 (0.82,2.63)	1.43 (0.66,3.11)
Marital status
Divorced	88 (39.8%)	133 (60.2%)	1.87 (1.16,3.00)	2.57 (1.43,4.61)
Never married	39 (32.2%)	82 (67.8%)	1.34 (0.78,2.34)	1.56 (0.80,3.06)
Married	34 (26.2%)	96 (73.8%)	Ref	Ref
Pregnancy type
Unwanted and unintended	77 (45.8%)	91 (54.2%)	2.51 (1.53,4.13)	3.03 (1.64,5.58)
Wanted but unintended	51 (29.5%)	122 (70.5%)	1.24 (0.74, 2.07)	1.26 (0.68,2.34)
Wanted and intended	33 (25.2%)	98 (74.8%)	Ref	Ref
Birth interval
<2 yrs	119 (50.6%)	116 (49.4%)	5.89 (3.39,10.20)	3.05 (0.0.59,15.8)
2-3 yrs	23 (21.1%)	86 (78.9%)	1.53 (0.79,2.99)	4.03 (0.80,20.37)
≥4 yrs	19 (14.8%)	109 (85.2%)	Ref	Ref
ANC follow up
No follow-up	117 (52%)	108 (48%)	5.31 (3.11,9.09)	6.83 (3.57,13.05)
1-3 follow-up	23 (18.7%)	100 (81.3%)	1.13 (0.59,2.17)	1.04 (0.49,2.20)
≥4 follow up	21 (16.9%)	103 (83.1%)	Ref	Ref
Dietary counsel
Yes	113 (30.6%)	256 (69.4%)	Ref	Ref
No	48 (46.6%)	55 (53.4%)	1.98 (1.27,3.09)	6.21 (3.21,12.02)
Foliate supplementation
Yes	100 (29%)	245 (71%)	Ref	Ref
No	61 (48%)	66 (52%)	2.26 (1.49,3.44)	5.48 (2.93,10.25)
Alcohol drink
No	86 (28%)	221 (72%)	Ref	Ref
Yes	75 (45.5%)	90 (54.5%)	2.14 (1.44,3.18)	1.91 (0.78,4.66)
Cigarette smoking
No	99 (29.4%)	238 (70.6%)	Ref	Ref
Yes	62 (45.9%)	73 (54.1%)	2.04 (1.35,3.08)	4.35 (2.46,7.69)

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