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Table 3 Anthropometric status at 3 weeks post- partum by predisposing and enabling factors in mothers’ during pregnancy at 7 months of gestational age (n = 593)

From: Determinants of periodontal health in pregnant women and association with infants’ anthropometric status: a prospective cohort study from Eastern Uganda

  

WHZ>-2

WAZ<-2

HAZ<-2

Birth weight

Predisposing/enabling

 

% (n)

% (n)

% (n)

<2500gram

     

% (n)

Place of residence:

Urban

2.2 (3)

9.4 (13)

10.0 (15)

8.0 (7)

 

Rural

1.9 (8)

6.0 (27)

9.8 (44)

8.1 (10)

Age:

≤ 20 yr

4.2 (6)

9.2 (14)

8.5 (13)

7.4 (4)

 

21-30 yr

1.7 (5)

5.9 (18)

9.6 (29)

9.5 (11)

 

31-45 yr

0.0 (0)*

6.6 (8)

12.2 (159

7.7 (3)

Education:

Low

2.6(9)

6.5 (24)

8.4 (31)

10.4 (11)

 

High

1.3 (2)

8.6 (15)

12.6 (22)

7.4 (79

Parity:

One child or more

2.1 (9)

5.7 (26)

9.6 (44)

8.3 (12)

 

None

1.6 (2)

10.8 (14)*

9.9 (139

9.4 (6)

Attended antenatal care:

No

5.7 (8)

5.3 (8)

8.7 (13)

7.3 (3)

 

Yes

0.7 (3)**

7.4 (32)

10.2 (44)

9.1 (15)

Received Information about own teeth:

No

2.3 (9)

5.7 (23)

8.4 (34)

7.7 (11)

 

Yes

1.4 (2)

10.8 (16)*

12.8 (19)

12.9 (8)

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.