Obesity in young age is a risk factor for preeclampsia: a facility based case-control study, northwest Ethiopia

Table 3 Result of multivariate logistic regression analysis of covariates with early onset, late onset and overall incidence of preeclampsia, Bahir Dar City, October, 2014

Covariates	All Preeclampsia	Early Onset Preeclampsia	Late Onset Preeclampsia
	(n = 151)	(n = 48)	(n = 103)
	Adjusted OR (95 % CI),	Adjusted OR (95 % CI),	Adjusted OR (95 % CI),
Age
< 35 years	Base^a	Base	Base
> = 35 years	2.07 (1.02, 4.19)	1.27 (0.48, 3.38)	1.56 (0.74, 3.24)
Marital status
Married	Base		Base
Rural	1.43 (0.78, 2.68)	1.27 (0.49, 3.28)	1.13 (0.60,2.11)
MUAC
< 23 cm	Base	Base	Base
23–24.9 cm	1.63 (0.84,2.85)	1.37 (0.54, 3.48)	1.24 (0.69,2.56)
25 cm and above	3.33 (1.87, 5.79)*	1.98 (0.79, 4.94)	3.63 (1.89,6.97)*
Fruit intake
Yes	0.47 (0.27,0.83)*	0.32 (0.11, 0.96)	0.34 (0.16, 0.71)*
No	Base	Base	Base
Vegetable intake
Yes	0.59 (0.30, 1.15)	0.48 (0.17, 1.35)	0.21 (0.90, 3.71)
No	Base	Base	Base
Coffee intake
Yes	2.14 (1.32, 3.46)*	2.36 (0.84, 6.62)	1.53 (0.84, 2.83)
No	Base	Base	Base
Folate intake
Yes	0.18 (0.10, 0.32)*	0.12 (0.04, 0.33)*	0.16 (0.08, 0.33)*
No	Base	Base	Base
Anemia (n = 323)
Yes	1.89 (0.64, 5.61)	1.19 (0.11, 12.82)	2.97 (0.91, 9.69)
No	Base	Base	Base
Alcohol intake
Yes	1.31 (0.79, 2.18)	1.21 (0.56, 2.62)	0.69 (0.39, 1.20)
No	Base	Base	Base
Meat/animal product intake
Yes	1.53 (0.56,4.20)	1.00 (0.25, 4.07)	3.07 (0.51, 18..66)
No	Base	Base	Base
Physical exercise
Yes	0.28 (0.02, 2.99)	0.85 (0.32, 2.26)	0.69 (0.32, 7.00)
No	Base	Base	Base

Adjusted for maternal age, * statistically significant at P value <0.05 with 95 % CI
^aReference category

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