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Table 4 Determinants of LBW in Tirunesh Beijing General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

From: Determinants of low birth weight among newborns delivered at Tirunesh Beijing General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case-control study

Variables

Category

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

Age of the mother

<  20 years

1

1

 

20–35 years

0.69 (0.36–1.30)

0.41 (0.07–2.53)

0.337

≥36 years

2.27 (1.09–4.72)

2.45 (0.38–15.8)

0.348

Residence

Urban

1

1

 

Rural

3.02 (2.02–4.53)

3.12 (1.635.98)

0.001

Educational status

No formal education

2.13 (1.18–3.85)

0.88 (0.32–2.43)

0.802

Primary

1.78 (0.99–3.19)

0.59 (0.21–1.69)

0.330

Secondary

1.04 (0.55–1.95)

0.68 (0.25–1.85)

0.448

Higher education

1

1

 

Occupation

Employed

1

1

 

Merchant

3.24 (1.75–6.00)

2.90 (1.038.22)

0.045

House wife

1.75 (1.05–2.94)

1.13 (0.46–2.77)

0.794

Othersa

3.06 (1.26–7.43)

1.58 (0.35–7.07)

0.551

Parity

Primipara

1

1

 

Multipara

3.27 (1.28–4.04)

2.28 (0.99–4.75)

0.237

Grand multipara

3.69 (1.50–9.06)

2.20 (0.68–7.15)

0.189

ANC visit

Yes

1

1

 

No

1.72 (0.93–3.16)

0.41 (0.12–1.45)

0.166

Iron supplementation

Yes

1

1

 

No

1.67 (0.95–2.93)

1.13 (0.34–3.81)

0.839

Hemoglobin

< 11 g/dl

2.46 (0.74–8.19)

1.11 (0.16–7.46)

0.918

≥11 g/dl

1

1

 

Chronic hypertension

Yes

5.58 (1.46–21.3)

1.46 (0.18–11.7)

0.724

No

1

1

 

Pregnancy-induced hypertension

Yes

6.56 (3.18–13.5)

1.88 (0.60–5.86)

0.277

No

1

1

 

Danger signs during pregnancy

Yes

3.67 (2.24–6.02)

4.14 (1.6810.2)

0.002

No

1

1

 

History of LBW

Yes

3.41 (0.81–14.5)

3.01 (0.16–57.8)

0.465

No

1

1

 

Maternal weight during pregnancy

50–60 kg

5.08 (1.97–13.0)

4.94 (3.267.52)

0.000

61–70 kg

2.95 (1.16–7.46)

6.42 (2.469.13)

0.001

71–80 kg

1.32 (0.49–3.50)

2.57 (0.65–10.3)

0.181

≥81 kg

1

1

 

Birth defect

Yes

3.08 (0.86–11.1)

3.18 (0.38–26.4)

0.283

No

1

1

 
  1. Chi-square test was performed
  2. LBW Low Birth Weight
  3. aDaily laborer, waiter, tailor