ANC procedures | Case group | Control group | p | ||||||
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(<2500 g) | (≥2500 g) | ||||||||
Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | ||||
Number of ANC visits | 16.9 | 6.9 | 2–41 | 18 | 6.9 | 4 - 44 | 0.001 | ||
Number of gestational weeks at the first ANC visit1 | 13.5 | 6.2 | 4 - 36.4 | 13.6 | 8.2 | 1.6-33.6 | 0.810 | ||
Number of ANC visits | N = 511 | % | N=538 | % | p | ||||
Adequate | 351 | 68.7 | 433 | 80.5 | < 0.001 | ||||
Initiation of ANC¹ | ≤ 17 weeks | > 17weeks | ≤ 17 weeks | ≤ 17 weeks | p | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | 0.85 | |
370 | 77.1 | 110 | 22.9 | 399 | 76.4 | 123 | 23.6 | ||
Laboratory studies and exams | N= 511² | % | N= 538² | % | p | ||||
Adequate | 272 | 94.4 | 281 | 98.6 | 0.007 |