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Table 3 Anthropometric profiles of the study participants, central Tigray, Aug 2013

From: Maternal associated factors of low birth weight: a hospital based cross-sectional mixed study in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Height of the mother

<150 cms

28

9.1

> = 150 cms

280

90.9

Weight of the mother

<50 kgs

113

36.7

 

> = 50 kgs

195

63.3

MUAC of the mother

<21 cms

109

35.4

> = 21 cms

199

64.6

Weight of the newborn

> = 2500 gms

263

85.4

 

<2500 gs

45

14.6

Gestational age

<37 weeks

14

4.5

> = 37 weeks

295

95.5