From: Factors associated with low birthweight in North Shewa zone, Central Ethiopia: case-control study
Variables | Cases | Controls | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 94) | (n = 376) | |||
Age in years | ||||
15–24 | 39 | 104 | 1.59 (0.83,3.02) | 0.54 (0.27–1.06) |
25–34 | 38 | 200 | 0.81 (0.43,1.51) | 1.21 (0.60–2.46) |
35–49 | 17 | 72 | 1r | 1r |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 59 | 230 | 1r | 1r |
Urban | 35 | 146 | 0.94 (0.59,1.49) | 0.66 (0.16–2.70) |
Educational status | ||||
No formal education | 50 | 163 | 0.88 (0.52,1.49) | 2.20 (1.11–4.38)* |
Primary school or above | 29 | 83 | 1r | 1r |
Occupation | ||||
Employed /merchant | 27 | 126 | 1r | – |
Housewife | 66 | 244 | 1.26 (0.77,2.07) | – |
Wealth index | ||||
Poorest or poorer | 38 | 150 | 1.07 (0.64,1.78) | – |
Middle | 20 | 74 | 1.14 (0.62,2.11) | – |
Richer or richest | 36 | 152 | 1r | – |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 73 | 346 | 1r | 1r |
Others | 21 | 30 | 3.32 (1.80,6.12)* | 3.54 (1.83–6.83)* |
Religion | ||||
Orthodox Christian | 62 | 306 | 1r | 1r |
Muslim | 10 | 33 | 1.50 (0.70–3.19) | 1.23 (0.54–2.81) |
Protestant | 22 | 33 | 3.29 (1.80–6.02)* | 3.43 (1.73–6.80)* |
Ethnicity | ||||
Oromo | 79 | 346 | 0.52 (0.24–1.15) | 0.53 (0.24,1.15) |
Others | 5 | 7 | 1.64 (0.42–6.44) | 1.64 (0.42,6.45) |
Amhara | 10 | 23 | 1r | 1r |