A Case-Control Study on Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy and Low Birth Weight, Southeast Ethiopia

Table 2

Sexual, physical, and psychological and all intimate violence during pregnancy and the risk of delivering a low birth weight infant among mothers in Bale Zone, Oromia regional state, August 2013.

Violence	LBW	NBW	COR [95% CI]	value	AOR [95% CI]	value
Sexual violence
Yes	38	16	5.4 [2.92, 10.08]	<0.001	1.5 [0.43, 5.54]	0.513
No	84	228	1		1
Physical violence
Yes	50	25	6.2 [3.56, 10.66]	<0.001	8.5 [3.36, 21.73]	<0.001
No	73	225	1		1
Psychological violence
Yes	47	29	4.7 [2.77, 8.01]	<0.001	1.03 [0.29, 3.75]	0.957
No	76	221
Over all types of violence
Yes	59	41	4.7 [2.89, 7.65]	<0.001	3.4 [1.57, 7.18]	0.002
No	64	209	1		1

Adjusted for birth interval, maternal height, BMI, maternal weight, antenatal care follow-up, and khat chewing status of the mother.