Fetal Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Term Newborn Babies at Birth in South Gondar Zone Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with fetal malnutrition at birth in South Gondar zone hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Variables	Fetal malnutrition		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	No	Yes
Interpregnancy interval
<24 months	260	68	0.93 (0.69-1.25)
≥24 months	986	278	1
Maternal height
<150 centimeters	208	47	0.78 (0.56-0.11)
≥150 centimeters	1038	299	1
Newborn weight
<2500 grams	230	101	1.82 (1.39-2.39)	1.33 (0.12-1.82)
≥2500 grams	1016	245	1	1
Intimate partner violence
Yes	388	181	2.43 (1.90-3.09)	1.97 (1.52-2.56)
No	858	165	1	1
Gestational age
Appropriate for gestational age	1032	232	1	1
Small for gestational age	214	114	2.37 (1.81-3.10)	1.96 (1.46-2.62)
Placental weight
<512 grams	401	208	3.12 (2.48-4.06)	2.76 (2.13-3.57)
≥512grams	845	138	1	1
Altitude
<2000 meters	352	74	1	1
2000-3000 meters	243	55	1.07 (0.73-1.59)	1.02 (0.67-1.55)
>3000 meters	651	217	1.59 (1.18-2.21)	1.24 (0.58-2.01)

NB. Significant at value < 0.05. COR = crude odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.