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 |