Table 1.
Distribution of sociodemographic factors and antenatal care factors with birth weight in the study population.
| Frequency | Birth weight |
OR (95% CI) | Chi Square (p) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <2.5 kg | >2.5 kg | ||||
| Selected sociodemographic factors | |||||
| Mother's literacy | |||||
| Till high school level | 83 (67.47) (100) | 24 (72.73) (28.92) | 59 (65.56) (71.08) | 1.40 (0.58–3.09) | 0.41 |
| Grad and post grad | 40 (32.53) (100) | 9 (27.27) (22.50) | 31 (34.34) (77.50) | ||
| Para | |||||
| Multipara | 78 (63.41) | 22 (66.7) | 56 (62.2) | 1.21 (0.52–2.81) | 0.67 |
| Primipara | 45 (36.59) | 11 (33.3) | 34 (37.8) | ||
| Diet | |||||
| Non vegetarian | 79 (64.22) | 23 (69.7) | 56 (62.2) | 1.39 (0.59–3.2) | 0.44 |
| Vegetarian | 44 (35.77) | 10 (30.3) | 34 (37.8) | ||
| Antenatal care parameters | |||||
| BMI | |||||
| BMI < 18.4 | 18 (14.6) | 6 (18.2) | 12 (13.5) | 1.43 (CI 0.43–4.64) | 0.53 |
| BMI 18.5–24.9 | 86 (69.9) | 24 (72.7) | 62 (69.7) | ||
| BMI >25 | 19 (14.6) | 3 (9.1) | 15 (16.9) | ||
| Total | 33 (100) | 89 (100) | |||
| GWG | |||||
| GWG <8.9 | 68 (55.3) | 25 (35.8) | 43 (63.2) | 3.42 (CI 1.29–9.28) | 0.02* |
| GWG9-14.9 | 45 (36.6) | 7 (15.6) | 38 (84.4) | ||
| GWG >15 | 10 (8.1) | 1 (10) | 9 (90) | ||
| Hb | |||||
| Hb < 10.9 | 56 (45.5) | 19 (33.9) | 37 (66.1) | 1.9 (CI 0.86–4.3) | 0.15 |
| Hb > 11 | 67 (54.5) | 14 (19.1) | 53 (79.9) | ||
P value by Chi Square test.
Computed as 2X2 for variables of BMI (<18.4 and more), GWG (<8.9 and more) and Hb (<10.9 and more).
CI – Confidence Interval.
*p-significant at <0.05.