Research Article

Prevalence of Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in a Public General Hospital, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Design

Table 3

Factors associated with undernutrition in pregnant women in public general hospitals of northern Ethiopia 2018 (n = 840).

VariablesCategoryInstrumentCOR 95% CIAOR 95% CI
YesNo

Difficulty in food supplementation during the last 3 monthsNo4693030.510 (0.309, 0.841)0.716 (0.374, 1.369)
Yes303811

Age of the mother15–19282011
20–2424120.700 (0.285, 1.721)0.774 (0.239, 2.504)
25–2926160.862 (0.369, 2.009)1.798 (0.596, 5.426)
30–341781020.802 (0.430, 1.496)1.219 (0.514, 2.891)
35–391111121.413 (0.752, 2.655)2.093 (0.857, 5.109)
40–44102520.714 (0.367, 1.386)1.260 (0.510, 3.114)
45–4930271.260 (0.581, 2.733)1.497 (0.516, 4.34)

OccupationHousewife895311
Agriculture1661561.578 (1.053, 2.364)2.643 (1.548, 4.513)
Government employee180880.821 (0.537, 1.256)1.576 (0.848, 2.927)
Nongovernment employee64441.154 (0.691, 1.928)2.295 (0.971, 5.42)

Type of pregnancyUnwanted3612311
Planned1151310.333 (0.213, 0.522)0.777 (0.447, 1.350)
Wanted348870.073 (0.047, 0.114)0.253 (0.143, 0.448)

Mother’s educational statusNo education140270.396 (0.225, 0.697)0.617 (0.319, 1.193)
Elementary153781.046 (0.651, 1.681)0.988 (0.558, 1.74)
High school1031653.288 (2.077, 5.205)1.649 (0.941, 2.89)
Preparatory school25332.709 (1.417, 5.182)1.048 (0.452, 2.427)
College and above783811

Malaria statusNo4792920.249 (0.145, 0.427)0.291 (0.152, 0.555)
Yes204911

Coffee intakeYes3982781.120 (0.789, 1.589)1.678 (1.046, 2.690)
No1016311

History of low birthweight and pretermYes148970.943 (0.696, 1.277)1.146 (0.643, 2.043)
No35124411

Age at marriage<18 years144440.365 (0.252, 0.529)0.685 (0.383, 1.226)
>18 years35529711

Hemoglobin < 11 g/dlYes591919.496 (6.720, 13.4)4.943 (3.097, 7.888)
No44015011

Iron and folic acid supplementationYes3983122.730 (1.761, 4.2)1.202 (0.613, 2.36)
No1012911

IncomeLess than 10001909011
1001–2000129961.571 (1.091, 2.261)1.344 (0.842, 2.146)
2001–30001371091.680 (1.177, 2.396)1.288 (0.821, 2.022)
Above 300143462.258 (1.39, 3.6)1.126 (0.582, 2.18)

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