Table 6.
Adverse birth outcome: Small for Gestational Age (SGA)
| Variables | SGAa,b | OR | CI 95% | P- valuec | AOR | CI 95% | P- value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N total SGA | 47 | ||||||
| Age | 47 | ||||||
| ≥30 year | 7 (6.9) | 1 | |||||
| <30 year | 40 (13.5) | 2.11 | 0.92–4.88 | 0.049 | 2.09 | 0.9–4.85 | 0.085 |
| Education | 47 | ||||||
| No formal education | 2 (9.1) | 1 | |||||
| Primary and higher | 45 (12.1) | 1.38 | 0.31–6.09 | 1.0d | |||
| Socioeconomic status (SES) | 47 | ||||||
| Higher SES (≥1 asset) | 37 (12.0) | 1 | |||||
| Lowest SES (0 assets) | 10 (11.1) | 0.92 | 0.44–1.93 | 0.82 | |||
| Parity | 47 | ||||||
| Grand multiparity ≥5 deliveries | 2 (4.2) | 1 | |||||
| Parity ≤4 deliveries | 45 (12.7) | 3.21 | 0.75–13.72 | 0.1 | |||
| Malaria in pregnancy | 47 | ||||||
| MIP detected peri-partum | 1 (7.7) | 1 | |||||
| No MIP detected peri-partum | 44 (12.2) | 1.67 | 0.21–13.12 | 1.0d | |||
| MIP ≤2nd trimester or no MIP | 34 (10.6) | 1 | |||||
| MIP >3rd trimester | 13 (20.3) | 2.26 | 1.12–4.57 | 0.02 | 2.24 | 1.1–4.54 | 0.026 |
| Anaemia ≤11.5 mg/l | 46 | ||||||
| Yes | 13 (11.8) | 1 | |||||
| No | 31 (12.4) | 1.06 | 0.53–2.11 | 0.88 |
aAll data N (%)
bPercentages refer to the number of participants with available data on respective variable
cBivariate, Pearson’s X2 asymptotic two-sided p- value if not indicated otherwise. P-values in italics indicate statistically significant differences between the groups
dBivariate, Fisher’s Exact test two- sided p- value