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Table 6 Determinants of delivery of LBW babies, WAU, 2020

From: Determinants of low birth weight deliveries at five referral hospitals in Western Area Urban district, Sierra Leone

Determinants

Cases

Controls

CoR

p-value

AoR

p-value

(n = 146)

(n = 292)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Mother anaemia status in pregnancy

 Anaemic (Hb < 11.0 g/dl)

82

64

4.56 (2.90–7.16)

<  0.001*

3.88 (1.90–7.90)

<  0.001*

 Not anaemic (Hb ≥ 11.0 g/dl)

64

228

1

 

1

 

Birth spacing

  < 2 years

24

29

2.26 (1.15–4.39)

0.008*

2.53 (1.11–5.73)

0.026*

  ≥ 2 years

58

159

1

 

1

 

Hypertension

 Hypertensive

47

28

4.47 (2.57–7.83)

<  0.001*

1.45 (0.63–3.36)

0.387

 Not hypertensive

99

264

1

 

1

 

HIV

 Positive

11

7

3.31 (1.14–10.29)

0.010*

4.01 (0.92–17.32)

0.063

 Negative

135

285

1

 

1

 

Syphilis

 Positive

31

19

3.87 (2.01–7.55)

<  0.001*

1.65 (0.55–4.92)

0.368

 Negative

115

273

1

 

1

 

Malaria

 Positive

106

137

2.99 (1.91–4.73)

<  0.001*

1.80 (0.88–3.65)

0.103

 Negative

40

155

1

 

1

 

Iron & folic acid used

  < 3 months

34

23

3.55 (1.92–6.60)

<  0.001*

1.04 (0.39–2.77)

0.933

  ≥ 3 months

112

269

1

 

1

 

Smoking

 Smokes

52

29

5.01 (2.92–8.67)

<  0.001*

4.36 (1.94–9.80)

<  0.001*

 Does not smoke

94

263

1

 

1

 

Living with partner that smoked

 Partner smokes

68

80

2.31 (1.49–3.56)

<  0.001*

0.91 (0.45–1.84)

0.798

 Partner does not smoke

78

212

1

 

1

 

Take herbal medicine

 Takes

80

78

3.32 (2.14–5.15)

<  0.001*

1.92 (0.99–3.72)

0.051

 Does not take

66

214

1

 

1

 
  1. 1 = Reference group; *p-value < 0.05 is statistically significant