Table 2 Determinants of Low birth weight in HUCSH, Southern Ethiopia, 2018
Variables | Category | LBW | NBW | CRR [95% CI] | ARR [95% CI] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 20 | 15 | 15 | 1.01 (0.45, 2.33) | 1.56 (0.76, 3.84) |
20–34 | 41 | 243 | 0.63 (0.32, 1.23) | 0.85 (0.45, 2.95) | |
≥ 35 | 14 | 52 | 1 | 1 | |
Gravidity | One | 27 | 105 | 1.89 (0.97, 4.67) | 2.33 (0.41, 12.3) |
2–4 | 30 | 149 | 1.64 (0.81, 3.38) | 2.01 (0.03, 2.43) | |
≥ 5 | 13 | 96 | 1 | 1 | |
Complication in previous pregnancy | Yes | 21 | 146 | 0.65 (0.34, 1.24) | 0.87 (0.06, 12.6) |
No | 22 | 99 | 1 | 1 | |
Previous abortion | Yes | 9 | 31 | 1.83 (0.83, 4.38) | 1.87 (2.53, 12.5) |
No | 34 | 217 | 1 | 1 | |
Complication in recent pregnancy | Yes | 46 | 100 | 4.95 (2,85, 8.61) | 3.43 (0.65, 4.78) |
No | 24 | 250 | 1 | 1 | |
Hypertensive disorder | Yes | 26 | 38 | 4.91 (2.71, 8.89) | 4.59 (4.93, 42.7) |
No | 44 | 38 | 1 | 1 | |
APH | Yes | 16 | 28 | 3.45 (1.75, 6.87) | 2.39 (0.21, 25.5) |
No | 54 | 48 | 1 | 1 | |
Infection | Yes | 14 | 13 | 6.89 (3.03, 15.7) | 4.00 (0.26, 60.3) |
No | 56 | 63 | 1 | 1 | |
Antenatal anemia | Yes | 13 | 7 | 2.35 (0.93, 7.13) | 0.18 (0.01, 3.32) |
No | 60 | 76 | 1 | 1 | |
Frequency of ANC visit Gestational age | < 4 visit | 29 | 115 | 1.59 (0.85, 2.98) | 3.45 (2.35, 13.8) |
≥ 4 visit | 19 | 136 | 1 | 1 | |
< 37 week | 51 | 32 | 23.5 (11.9, 46.3) | 18.2 (6.24, 34.5) | |
> 42 week | 4 | 69 | 0.87 (0.28, 2.71) | 0.57 (0.03, 14.4) | |
37–42 week | 15 | 249 | 1 | 1 | |
Sex of the fetus | Male | 36 | 226 | 0.56 (0.33, 0.94) | 0.45 (0.23, 2.48) |
Female | 34 | 124 | 1 | 1 |