Table 2 Baseline characteristics of women delivered at Tirunesh Beijing General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Variables | Category | Birth Weight, n(%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cases (151) | Controls (302) | |||
Age of the mother | < 20 years | 17 (11.2) | 31 (10.3) | 0.000® |
20–34 years | 88 (58.3) | 234 (77.5) | ||
≥35 years | 46 (30.5) | 37 (12.2) | ||
Residence | Urban | 65 (43.0) | 210 (69.5) | 0.000® |
Rural | 86 (57.0) | 92 (30.5) | ||
Religion | Muslim | 27 (17.9) | 65 (21.5) | 0.702* |
Orthodox | 90 (59.6) | 166 (55.0) | ||
Protestant | 31 (20.5) | 62 (20.5) | ||
Othersa | 3 (2.0) | 9 (3.0) | ||
Educational status | No formal education | 49 (32.5) | 68 (22.5) | 0.016® |
Primary | 50 (33.1) | 83 (27.5) | ||
Secondary | 28 (18.5) | 80 (26.5) | ||
Higher education | 24 (15.9) | 71 (23.5) | ||
Occupation | Employed | 26 (17.2) | 93 (30.8) | 0.001® |
Merchant | 38 (25.2) | 42 (13.9) | ||
Housewife | 75(49.7) | 153 (50.7) | ||
Othersb | 12 (7.9) | 14 (4.6) | ||
Ethnicity | Amhara | 61 (40.4) | 113 (37.4) | 0.168* |
Oromo | 80 (53.0) | 157 (52.0) | ||
Tigre | 9 (6.0) | 18 (6.0) | ||
Othersc | 1 (0.7) | 14 (4.6) | ||
Maternal weight during pregnancy | 50–60 kg | 61 (40.6) | 64 (21.2) | 0.000® |
61–70 kg | 58 (38.7) | 105 (34.8) | ||
71–80 kg | 25 (16.7) | 101 (33.4) | ||
≥81 kg | 6 (4.0) | 32 (10.6) | ||