Table 4.

Association of adolescent motherhood with maternal and child health indices

Variables	Adolescent mothers (<18 years old)
	Unadj OR (95% CI)	Adj† OR (95% CI)
Presence of fistula
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	9.18 (0.00)	5.01 (3.01 to 14.27)*
Sexual transmitted infection
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	7.24 (2.41 to 21.70)*	6.29 (2.26 to 17.51)*
Presence of eclampsia
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	2.20 (0.68 to 7.03)	2.17 (0.70 to 6.68)
Postpartum haemorrhage
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	8.19 (3.73 to 17.97)*	6.83 (2.93 to 15.92)*
Child infectious illness
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	0.96 (0.33 to 2.78)	1.20 (0.44 to 3.29)
Child lost in 5 years
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	3.52 (1.07 to 11.60)*	2.30 (0.74 to 7.15)
Normal child weight at birth
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	0.39 (0.17 to 0.89)*	0.34 (0.15 to 0.73)*

*Significant at p<0.05, Model fit: (X²=113.182; df=7; −2 Log Likelihood=184.867; R²=0.564; p<0.001).

†OR adjusted for participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, socioeconomic status and marriage and pregnancy characteristic.

Adj, adjusted; Unadj, unadjusted.