Caesarean Section Delivery and Risk of Poor Childhood Growth

Table 6

Predictors of caesarean section delivery.

	Wald	Sig.	Exp(B)	95% C.I.for EXP (β)
				Lower	Upper
Systolic BP at 36 weeks	7.523	0.006	1.02	1.01	1.04
Maternal height	15.278	<0.001	0.91	0.87	0.95
Birth order (reference: >3)	7.322	0.026
First order	5.082	0.024	2.29	1.11	4.71
Second order	6.168	0.013	2.40	1.20	4.79
Timing of first ANC visit in first trimester	5.162	0.023	1.98	1.10	3.55
Educational level of mother (reference: none)	10.754	0.005
Low (primary and JHS)	0.591	0.442	1.33	0.65	2.71
High (at least SHS)	9.558	0.002	2.94	1.49	5.84
Had obstetric abnormalities during pregnancy	8.637	0.003	2.68	1.39	5.16
Mother’s age (reference: under 25 years)	11.706	0.003
25–34 years	8.800	0.003	2.594	1.382	4.870
At least 35 years	8.780	0.003	4.871	1.709	13.880
Constant	6.472	0.011	14034.008