The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Low Birth Weight among Term Newborns in Adwa General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia

Table 4

Multivariable analysis of mothers data from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016.

	Term low birth weight		COR (95% CI)	AOD (95% CI)
	No (%)	Yes (%)
Age of mothers
<20 years	55 (13.0)	4 (0.9)	0.477 (1.163–10.395)	1.710 (2.165–17.689)
20–34 years	236 (55.7)	36 (8.5)	1	1
35–49 years	90 (21.2)	3 (0.5)	0.219 (0.066–0.727)	0.0001 (0.000–0.002)
Pregnancy type
Wanted	367 (86.6)	35 (8.3)	5.992 (2.352–15.267)	0.027 (0.004–0.207)
Unwanted	14 (3.3)	8 (1.9)	1	1
History of abortion
Yes	298 (70.3)	20 (4.7)	0.242 (0.127–0.462)	2.423 (1.744–15.317)
No	83 (19.6)	23 (5.4)	1	1
Hemoglobin status
Normal	213 (50.2)	5 (1.2)	9.636 (3.711–25.017)	0.017 (0.002–0.176)
Abnormal	168 (39.6)	38 (9.0)	1	1
Iron and folic acid intake
Yes	349 (82.3)	35 (8.3)	2.493 (1.066–5.827)	0.007 (0.002–0.119)
No	32 (7.5)	8 (1.9)	1	1
HIV status
Nonreactive	355 (83.7)	30 (7.1)	1
Reactive	16 (3.8)	9 (2.1)	6.656 (2.713–16.333)	6.121 (1.213–13.897)
Unknown	10 (2.4)	4 (0.9)	4.733 (1.400–16.000)	1.478 (0.191–11.439)

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