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Table 1 Distribution of Socio-demographic variables vs Neonatal Birth Weight, At hospitals of Wolaita Sodo town, South Ethiopia, 2021

From: Determinants of fetal macrosomia among live births in southern Ethiopia: a matched case–control study

Characteristics

Response

Macrosomia

Crude OR

(95% CI)

P-value

Case

Control

N

%

N

%

Sex of new born

Male

87

72.5

90

37.5

4.36(2.70–7.03)

0.001

Female

150

62.5

33

27.5

1

 

Residence

Urban

87

72.5

170

70.8

1.09(0.67–1.78)

0.72

Rural

33

27.5

70

29.2

1

 

Marital status

Married

111

92.5

220

91.7

1.15(0.51–2.59)

0.744

Others

9

7.5

20

8.3

1

 

Religion

Christian

114

95.0

233

97.1

1

 

Muslim

6

5

7

2.9

1.79(0.59–5.47)

0.3

Ethnicity

Wolaita

95

79.2

182

75.8

1.21(071–2.04)

0.489

Others

25

20.8

58

24.2

1

 

Educational status

Primary and below

46

38.3

82

34.2

1.22(0.77–1.94)

0.391

Secondary and above

74

61.7

158

65.8

1

 

Occupation

Housewife

68

56.7

134

55.8

1

 

Others

52

43.3

106

44.2

1.04(0.67–1.62)

0.852

Average monthly family income in Ethiopian Birr

 ≤ 2620(($ ≤ 87.4)

12

10

28

11.7

1

 

2620–4410($87.4–147.2)

19

15.8

47

19.6

0.92(0.39–2.17)

0.848

4410–7590($147.2–253)

50

41.7

106

44.2

1.02(0.50–2.28)

0.866

 ≥ 7591(≥ $253)

39

32.5

59

24.6

1.53(0.69–3.38)

0.292

Number of family members

 < 4 members

49

40.8

117

48.8

1

 

 ≥ 4 members

71

59.2

123

51.2

1.49(0.91–2.45)

0.111