Table 4.

Association between maternal and sociodemographic and obstetric factors and Low birth weight infants (< 2500 g) in the study population

Variables	Modalities	Number (%)	cOR (95% CI)	P	aOR (95% CI)	P
Age group	15–23	19 (17.27)	1	–	1	–
	24–34	30 (13.39)	0.74 (0.40–1.40)	0.35	0.97 (0.40–2.37)	0.95
	> 34	2 (4.44)	0.22 (0.03–0.81)	0.05*	0.25 (0.03–1.31)	0.13
Education level	Secondary	25 (11.57)	1	–	1	–
	Primary	1 (14.29)	1.53 (0.08–9.99)	0.70	2.71 (0.11–25.12)	0.43
	Tertiary	25 (15.92)	1.45 (0.79–2.64)	0.23	1.57 (0.79–3.14)	0.20
Bed net use	Yes	25 (14.37)	1	–	1	–
	No	26 (12.62)	0.86 (0.47–1.55)	0.60	1.90 (0.71–6.18)	0.24
Number of net use	≧5	20 (21.05)	1	–	1	–
	< 5	31 (10.88)	0.45 (0.24–0.85)	0.01*	0.25 (0.07–0.73)	0.02*
Gravidity	≧2	32 (12.03)	1	–	1	–
	< 2	19 (16.67)	1.48 (0.79–2.72)	0.21	1.53 (0.65–3.62)	0.33
Parity	≧3	11 (11.00)	1	–	1	–
	< 3	40 (14.29)	1.35 (0.69–2.88)	0.40	1.09 (0.44–2.84)	0.85
ANC	≧4	36 (12.95)	1	–	1	–
	< 4	15 (14.71)	1.15 (0.59–2.17)	0.66	1.06 (0.50–2.17)	0.87
Gestational age	≧37	36 (10.40)	1	-	1	–
	< 37	15 (44.12)	6.78 (3.14–14.50)	< 0.001***	7.79 (3.33–18.39)	< 0.001***
Residence	Semi urban	37 (13.36)	1	–	1	–
	Rural	14 (13.59)	1.03 (0.52–1.96)	0.93	1.20 (0.56–2.49)	0.62
malaria in pregnancy	No	36 (13.58)	1	–	1	–
	Yes	15 (13.04)	0.96 (0.49–1.81)	0.91	0.98 (0.47–1.97)	0.96

^* Significant association (p < 0.05) with bed net use in pregnancy; *** Indicates significant result (p < 0.05)