Table 3. Output of the log-binomial regression analysis on the association between LBW and Prenatal zinc and retinol statuses in rural Sidama, Southern Ethiopia, Jan–Oct 2011.
Variables | Birthweight | Crude RR | Adjusted RR | |
Low | Normal | |||
Vitamin A status | ||||
Normal | 48 | 299 | 1r | 1r |
Deficient | 47 | 181 | 1.49 (1.03–2.15)* | 1.25 (0.86–1.82) |
Zinc status | ||||
Normal | 34 | 225 | 1r | 1r |
Deficient | 61 | 255 | 1.47 (1.01–2.16)* | 1.27 (0.86–1.87) |
Zinc-VA interaction | ||||
Normal zinc and Normal VA | 20 | 155 | 1r | 1r |
Zinc deficient and VA normal | 28 | 144 | 1.42 (0.84–2.43) | 1.30 (0.72–2.31) |
VA deficient and zinc normal | 14 | 70 | 1.46 (0.78–2.74) | 1.31 (0.66–2.61) |
Zinc deficient and VA deficient | 33 | 111 | 2.01 (1.20–3.34)* | 1.76 (1.00–3.11) |