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Table 3 Maternal determinants associated with LBW and PTB (N = 203)

From: Adequate antenatal care and ethnicity affect preterm birth in pregnant women living in the tropical rainforest of Suriname

t3.1

 

Birth weight

Gestational age

t3.2

 

<  2500 g

≥ 2500 g

p-value

OR(95%CI)

< 37wks

≥ 37wks

p-value

OR(95%CI)

t3.3

Age

N (%)

N (%)

  

N (%)

N (%)

  

t3.4

<  20 yr

4 (8.7)

42 (91.3)

0.416*

 

14 (31.1)

31 (68.9)

0.005

 

t3.5

20–34

8 (6.6)

114(93.4)

  

14 (11.5)

108 (88.5)

  

t3.6

≥ 35 yr

4 (13.3)

26 (86.7)

 

2 (6.7)

28 (93.3)

  

t3.7

Ethnicity

        

t3.8

Tribal

8 (8.3)

87 (91.7)

0.899

1.07 (0.38–2.97)

9 (9.4)

87 (90.6)

0.026

0.39(0.17–0.91)

t3.9

Indigenous

8 (7.8)

94 (92.2)

  

21 (20.8)

80 (79.2)

  

t3.10

ANC visits

       

t3.11

<  8

2(3.6)

54 (96.4)

0.350*

 

18 (32.1)

38 (67.9)

< 0.001

5.49(2.33–12.93)

t3.12

≥ 8

11(8.7)

115 (91.3)

  

10 (7.9)

116 (92.1)

  

t3.13

Parity

        

t3.14

≤ 1

8 (10.8)

66 (89.2)

0.195

1.99 (0.69–5.74)

19 (26.0)

54 (74.0)

< 0.001

3.94(1.72–9.05)

t3.15

>  1

7 (5.7)

115 (94.3)

  

10 (8.2)

112(91.8)

  
  1. ANC Antenatal care, OR Odds ratio; * Fisher’s exact test