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Table 3 Distribution of mothers by nutritional and behavioral factors in Mekelle city Tigray

From: Maternal factors associated with low birth weight in public hospitals of Mekelle city, Ethiopia: a case-control study

Maternal nutritional factors Classification of Participants
Case Control
Frequency (%) Frequency (%) Total (%)
Height of mother
 < 150 cm 54 (42.5%) 30 (11.8%) 84 (22%)
 ≥ 150 cm 73 (57.5%) 2 24 (88.2%) 297 (78%)
weight gain during pregnancy
 < 12 kg 121 (95.3%) 164 (64.6%) 285 (74.8%)
 ≥12 kg 6 (4.7%) 90 (35.4%) 96 (25.2%)
Have you ever taken iron folate
 No 15 (11.8%) 20 (7.9%) 35 (9.2%)
 Yes 112 (88.2%) 234 (92.1%) 246 (90.8%)
How many tablets did you take
 No 15 (11.8%) 20 (7.9%) 35 (9.2%)
 < 60 75 (59.1%) 45 (17.7%) 120 (31.5%)
 60–90 25 (19.7%) 77 (30.3%) 102 (26.8%)
 > 90 12 (9.4%) 112 (44.1%) 124 (32.5%)
Have you ever drink alcohol
 No 49 (38.5%) 112 (44%) 161 (42.2%)
 Yes 78 (61.4%) 142 (55.9%) 220 (57.7%)
How often do you have drink
 No 49 (38.5%) 112 (44%) 161 (42.2%)
 once or twice 11 (9%) 33 (13%) 44 (11.5%)
 Monthly 45 (35%) 79 (31%) 124 (32.5%)
 Weekly 22 (17%) 30 (12%) 52 (13.6%)