Table 1.
Maternal and child characteristics and maternal.
| Maternal Characteristics | n | % |
| Age | ||
| Adolescents (<= 19 years) | 1209 | 21.5 |
| 20 – 34 years | 1209 | 70.4 |
| 35 years and above | 1209 | 8.1 |
| Primigravidae | 1565 | 23.9 |
| Illiterate | 1565 | 73.4 |
| Married | 1565 | 96.5 |
| 1–4 ANC visits | 1557 | 31.7 |
| Anaemia at recruitment (Hb< 8g/dl) | 1552 | 23.7 |
| Anaemia at delivery (Hb< 8g/dl) | 1533 | 12.5 |
| Fe. deficiency anaemia at recruitment | 1400 | 34.4 |
| Fe. deficiency anaemia at delivery | 1392 | 34.3 |
| Malaria | ||
| Recruitment | 1505 | 20.5 |
| Cord | 1471 | 4.5 |
| Delivery | 1533 | 21.8 |
| Placenta | 1479 | 17.8 |
| HIV positive | 651 | 25.4 |
| VDRL positive (MH) | 952 | 4.8 |
| MUAC < 22 cm | 1563 | 6.0 |
| Mean (SD) | 25.07 (2.2) | |
| Height < 150 cm | 1561 | 9.9 |
| Mean (SD) | 156.35 (5.6) | |
| BMI < 18.5 Kg/cm2 | 333 | 8.4 |
| Mean (SD) | 21.23 (2.2) | |
| Weight (Kg) at recruitment <50 Kgs | 335 | 34.6 |
| Mean (SD) | 52.08 (6.0) | |
| Weight (Kg) at delivery <50 Kgs | 1470 | 32.4 |
| Mean (SD) | 52.57 (6.7) | |
| Infant characteristics | ||
| Sex (males) | 1560 | 50.3 |
| Low birth weight | 1560 | 19.4 |
| Mean (SD) grams | 2865.25 (543.8) | |
| Multiple births | 1568 | 5.7 |
| Still births | 1568 | 3.8 |
| Fresh | 59 | 1.3 |
| Neonatal death | 1536 | 2.3 |
| Pre-term delivery (gestation <37 weeks) | 1500 | 19.5 |
| Mean (SD) | 38.35 (2.3) | |
| IUGR | 1490 | 21.5 |
| Fetal anaemia (Hbcord < 12.5 g/dl) | 1421 | 23.8 |
| Mean (SD) | 13.59 (1.9) | |