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Table 2 Reproductive characteristics of the mothers who gave birth in North Shewa zone hospitals, Central Ethiopia, December 25, 2016-March 29, 2017

From: Factors associated with low birthweight in North Shewa zone, Central Ethiopia: case-control study

Variables

Cases(n = 94)

Controls(n = 376)

p-value

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Gestational age (in weeks)

  < 37

15

16.0

22

5.9

0.001*

  ≥ 37

79

84

354

94.1

Parity

 Primipara

41

43.6

135

35.9

0.167

 Parous

53

56.4

241

64.1

Birth-to-birth interval

 Less than two years

28

52.8

51

21.1

<0.001*

 Two or more years

25

47.2

190

78.8

ANC during the current pregnancy

 No ANC

24

25.5

52

13.8

<0.001*

 1–3 visits

63

67.1

237

63.1

 4 or more visits

7

7.4

87

23.1

Trimester at first ANC

 First

8

11.4

26

8.0

<0.001*

 Second

38

54.3

273

84.3

 Third

24

34.3

25

7.7

Pregnancy complications

 No

86

91.5

353

93.9

0.403

 Yes

8

8.5

23

6.1

Infant’s sex

 Female

45

47.9

174

46.3

0.781

 Male

49

52.1

202

53.7

  1. *Statistically significant difference at p-value of 0.05