Maternal Anthropometric Measurements Do Not Have Effect on Birth Weight of Term, Single, and Live Births in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia

Table 1

Maternal age, gravidity, gestational age, and anthropometric characteristics of women at public hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia, Nov 25, 2012 to Feb 25, 2013.

Characteristics	N ()
Age of mother in years (n=601)
≤ 20	77 (12.81%)
21-30	425 (70.70%)
31 – 40	98(16.30%)
≥ 41	01(00.16%)
Religion (n=600)
Orthodox	431(71.83%)
Muslim	115(19.16%)
Protestant	54(09.00%)
Gravidity of women (n=603)
gravid 1	257(42.62%)
gravid 2	175(29.02%)
gravid 3	93(15.42%)
gravid 4	39(06.47%)
gravid 5	19(02.65%)
gravid ≥6	20(3.31.6%)
Gestational age in weeks (n=605)
37 weeks	26(4.30.5%)
38 weeks	130(21.49%)
39 weeks	116(19.17%)
40 weeks	133(21.98%)
41 weeks	116(19.17%)
42 weeks	84(13.88%)
Mean maternal anthropometric parameters	Mean (±SD)
Maternal height (cm)	156± 06
Pre-pregnancy weight (gm.)	54835 ± 8861
Term weight (gm.)	63765±9205
Pregnancy weight gain (gm.)	9150±5746
Term BMI (kg/m2)	26±03
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)	22±03
MUAC (cm)	26±03