Research Article

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

Table 2

Bivariate linear regression analysis between maternal age, anthropometry, family size, number of ANC, gravidity, gestational age, and income with birth weight.

Independent variablesCoefficients
BStd. errortSig.

MUAC27.3236.3014.337< 0.001
Height14.0713.1844.419< 0.001
Pre-pregnancy weight.013.0025.128< 0.001
Term weight.014.0026.025<0.001
Pregnancy weight gain.010.0042.4520.015
Term BMI28.3086.3544.455< 0.001
Pre-pregnancy BMI20.2906.4893.127.002
Gravidity of mother44.49415.3592.897.004
Gestational age in weeks55.26513.8223.998< 0.001
Number of ANC visits26.7197.9123.377.001
Household family size women belonged58.63514.3084.098< 0.001
Maternal age in years17.9094.2014.263< 0.001