Factors Associated with Singleton Preterm Birth in Shire Suhul General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2018

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariate factors associated with singleton preterm birth in Shire Suhul General Hospital, Northwest Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 (n=325).

Variables(n=325)		Preterm birth		COR(95%CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		No	Yes
Parity	P ≥5	39(70.9%)	16(29.1%)	1.00	-
	P 2-4	145(86.8%)	22(13.2%)
	Primipara	86(83.5%)	17(16.5%)	0.48 0.18-0.77	0.78 [0.32-1.91
Medication intake	No	230(85.8%)	38(14.2%)	1.00	-
	Yes	40(70.2%)	17(29.8%)	2.57 1.33-4.99	0.8 [0.32-1.99
Smoked cigarette/drank alcohol	No	251(86.0%)	41(14 %)	1.00	-
	Yes	19(57.6%)	14(42.4%)	4.51 2.10-9.70	3.611.59-8.23
Hyper-emesis- gravidarum	No	225(86.2%)	36(13.8%)	1.00	-
	Yes	45(70.3%)	19(29.7%)	2.641.39-5.011	1.080.44-2.66
History of abortion	No	233(86.9%)	35(13.1%)	1.00	-
	Yes	37(64.9%)	20(35.1%)	3.611.88-6.89	2.371.15-4.88
History of stillbirth	No	244(85.9%)	40(14.1%)	1.00
	Yes	26(63.4%)	15(36.6%)	3.521.72-7.22	0.850.28-2.65
History of preterm	No	244(86.5%)	38(13.5%)	1.00
	Yes	26(60.5%)	17(39.5%)	4.22.084-8.45	1.640.67-3.99
History of Vaginal bleeding	No	253(85.8%)	42(14.2%)	1.00
	Yes	17(56.7%)	17(43.3%)	4.612.09-10.18	1.510.50-4.55
Hospital admission	No	251(84.8%)	45(15.2%)	1.00
	Yes	19(65.5%)	10(34.5%)	2.941.28-6.73	1.060.35-3.25
Hemoglobin level before birth	≥11gm/dl	238(85.9%)	39(14.1%)	1.00
	<11gm/dl	32(66.7%)	16(33.3%)	3.051.53-6.08	2.441.14-5.22
History of Malaria attack	No	211(86.5%)	33(13.5%)	1.00
	Yes	59(72.8%)	22(27.2%)	2.381.29-4.40	1.680.85-3.34
Number of ANC visits (N=302)	≥ 4 visits	229(86.7%)	35(13.3%)	1.00
	<4 visits	41(67.2%)	20(32.8%)	3.191.68-6.07	1.430.64-3.20
Visible physical Congenital defect	No	268(84.0%)	51(16.0%)	1.00
	Yes	2(33.3%)	4(66.7%)	10.511.88-58.90	10.421.66-65.23
LBW	No	231(87.2%)	34(12.8%)
	Yes	39(65.0%)	21(35.0%)	3.661.93-6.95	2.781.39-5.55

ANC: Antenatal care, P: Parity and LBW: Low Birth Weight
P value < 0.05 and significantly associated.