Table 3.
Factors associated with LBW, result from logistic regression analyses.
| LBW | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor Variable | Yes | No | Total | Crude OR (95%CI) | Adjusted OR(95% CI) | |
| Sex of the newborn | Male* | 20 | 139 | 159 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 32 | 114 | 146 | 1.95(1.06,3.59)** | 1.97(.87,4.48) | |
| Maternal age | <20 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 5.60(1.7,18.0)** | 2.10(.53,8.07) |
| 20-34 | 206 | 39 | 245 | 2.30(.86,6.16) | 1.7(.42,10.11) | |
| 35+ * | 25 | 2 | 27 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Residence | Urban* | 36 | 205 | 241 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Rural | 16 | 48 | 64 | 1.90(.97,3.70) | 1.27(.45,3.63) | |
| ANC Follow up | Yes* | 37 | 226 | 263 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No | 15 | 27 | 42 | 3.89(1.65,6.70)** | 2.85(1.10,7.40)** | |
| Number of ANC Visits | .79(.63,.99) ** | .78(.61,.99) ** | ||||
| Parity | Primipara | 43 | 120 | 163 | 5.30(2.48,11.32)** | 5.68(2.20,14.66)** |
| Multipara* | 9 | 133 | 142 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Additional nutrient intake | Yes* | 24 | 152 | 176 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No | 28 | 101 | 129 | 1.76(.96,3.20) | 1.14(.51,2.55) | |
| GA in weeks | <37* | 13 | 8 | 21 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 37-42 | 36 | 216 | 252 | .11(.04,.27) ** | .14(.04,.47) ** | |
| >42 | 3 | 29 | 32 | .06(.02,.28) ** | .13(.02,.68) ** | |
| Illness during pregnancy | No illness* | 41 | 214 | 255 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Malaria | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2.02(.52,7.93) | 2.56(.66,9.33) | |
| HIV/AIDS | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4.47(1.49,14.43) ** | 5.18(2.32,20.43) ** | |
| Others+ | 2 | 18 | 20 | .58(.11,1.45) | .61(.10,1.84) | |
*
Reference Category
**
Significant at p-value <0.05
+
includes 3 women with tuberculosis, 5 with urinary tract infection, 4 with anaemia and 4 had intestinal parasitosis.