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Table 2 Factors associated with low birth weight in Medani Hospital, Sudan using univariate and multivariate analyses

From: Anaemia and low birth weight in Medani, Hospital Sudan

Variable

Univariate analyses

Multivariate analyses

 

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Maternal age

0.9

0.9-1.0

0.3

0.9

0.9-1.0

0.9

Primiparous status

2.4

1.2-4.8

0.01

2.7

0.3-27.7

0.3

Education < secondary

0.8

0.5-1.3

0.4

2.6

0.9-8.0

0.07

Lack of antenatal care

5.4

2.3-12.9

0.001

5.9

1.4-24.4

0.01

Interpregnancy interval

1.5

0.9-2.4

0.6

0.9

0.9-1.0

0.4

Maternal weight

2.1

1.1-3.7

0.01

0.7

0.3-1.0

0.5

Maternal height

1.0

0.5-1.7

0.9

1.1

0.5-2.4

0.6

Maternal BMI

0.9

9.0-1.0

0.9

1.7

0.1-20.0

0.6

Maternal anaemia

9.0

4.5-18.0

0.001

9.0

3.4-23.8

< 0.001