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Table 2 Maternal and obstetrics characteristics of the mother who gave birth at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia 2018

From: Factors associated with low birth weight among babies born at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Variables

Cases(n = 110)

Controls(n = 220)

p-value

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Gestational age (in weeks)

  < 37

41(37.27%)

53(24.1%)

0.012*

  ≥ 37

69(62.73%)

167(75.9%)

Maternal Age at first birth

  < 18

40(36.36%)

35(15.91%)

0.001*

 19–24

51(46.36%)

124(56.36%)

 

 25–35

19(17.27%)

61(27.73%)

 

Parity

 Primi-para

36(32.73%)

82(37.27%)

0.417

 Parous

74(67.23%)

138(62.73%)

Birth interval in years (n = 72 case and 140 controls)

  < 2

39(54.17%)

63(45%)

0.9

  ≥ 2

33(45.83%)

77(55%)

ANC during the currentpregnancy

  < 4 visits

71(64.55%)

77(35%)

0.032*

 4 or more visits

39(35.45%)

143(65%)

Dietary counseling inrecent pregnancy

 No

81(73.64%)

100(45.45%)

0.001*

 Yes

29(26.36%)

120(54.55%)

Use of iron tablets inrecent pregnancy

 No

63(57.27%)

51(23.18%)

0.001*

 Yes

47(42.73%)

169(76.82%)

 

Gestational Age (in months) at 1st ANC visit (case = 79, controls = 217)

 1–3

18(70.89%)

59(27.19%)

0.713

 4–6

56(28.1%)

143(66%)

 7–9

5(6.33%)

15(6.91%)

Presence of pregnancy complications

 No

67(60.91%)

185(84.09%)

0.001*

 Yes

43(39.09%)

35(%15.91%)

Sex of the newborn

 Female

46(41.82)

91(41.36)

0.885

 Male

64(58.18%)

129(58.64%)

  1. *significant at P-value < 0.05