Research Article
Determinants of Low Birth Weight among Newborns Delivered at Public Hospitals in Sidama Zone, South Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study
Table 2
Obstetric-related characteristics of the study participants from public health hospitals of Sidama Zone, South Ethiopia, 2019.
| | Variables | Cases
No. (%) | Controls
No. (%) | value |
| | Parity | | | | | Prim-Para | 51 (43.2) | 82 (34.7) | 0.120 | | Multi-Para | 67 (56.8) | 154 (65.3) | | | History of LBW | | | | | Yes | 23 (34.3) | 44 (28.6) | 0.392 | | No | 44 (65.7) | 110 (71.4) | | | History of stillbirth | | | | | Yes | 18 (26.9) | 31 (20.1) | 0.267 | | No | 49 (73.1) | 123 (79.9) | | | Birth interval | | | | | ≥2 years | 47 (70.1) | 115 (74.7) | 0.484 | | <2 years | 20 (29.9) | 39 (25.3) | | | History of abortion | | | | | Yes | 19 (16.1) | 31 (13.1) | 0.450 | | No | 99 (83.9) | 205 (86.9) | | | Pregnancy status | | | | | Intended | 68 (57.6) | 138 (58.5) | 0.881 | | Unintended | 50 (42.4) | 98 (41.5) | | | Anemia | | | | | Yes | 28 (23.7) | 33 (14.0) | 0.022 | | No | 90 (76.3) | 203 (86.0) | | | Gestational age | | | | | Preterm | 34 (28.8) | 54 (22.9) | 0.223 | | Term | 84 (71.2) | 182 (77.1) | | | Ever attended ANC | | | | | Yes | 105 (89.0) | 216 (91.5) | 0.438 | | No | 13 (11.0) | 20 (8.5) | | | Time of ANC initiation | | | | | 1st trimester | 16 (15.2) | 78 (36.1) | | | 2nd trimester | 29 (27.6) | 71 (32.9) | 0.001 | | 3rd trimester | 60 (57.2) | 67 (31.0) | | | Number of ANC visit | | | | | <4 times | 70 (66.7) | 130 (60.2) | 0.26 | | ≥4 times | 35 (33.3) | 86 (39.8) | | | Dietary counseling | | | | | Yes | 52 (49.5) | 120 (56.1) | 0.27 | | No | 53 (50.5) | 94 (43.9) | | | Iron and folic acid supplementation | | | | | Yes | 15 (14.3) | 104 (48.1) | 0.001 | | No | 53 (85.7) | 112 (51.9) | | | Pregnancy-induced hypertension | | | | | Yes | 28 (23.7) | 29 (12.3) | 0.005 | | No | 90 (76.3) | 207 (87.7) | |
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