Table 2.
The characteristics of pregnancy in the two age groups
| Maternal age (years) | p value | Odd ratio | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics n (%) | <19 (n.115) | 20-24 (n.817) | |||
| Antenatal visits | |||||
| < 4 times | 67 (58.26) | 148 (18.11) | 0.0001 | 6.30 | 4.18-9.51 |
| > 4 times | 48 (41.73) | 669 (81.88) | 0.0001 | 0.15 | 0.10-2.23 |
| Folic acid intake | 82 (71.30) | 767 (93.88) | 0.0018 | 0.16 | 0.09-0.26 |
| Anemia | 30 (26.08) | 124 (15.17) | 0.0042 | 1.97 | 1.24-3.11 |
| GH | 4 (3.47) | 63 (7.71) | 0.12 | 0.43 | 0.15-1.20 |
| Pre-clampsia | 1(0.86) | 9 (1.10) | 1 | 0.78 | 0.09-6.27 |
| Urinary tract infection | 38 (33.04) | 180 (28.03) | 0.0132 | 1.74 | 1.14-2.66 |
| Placenta previa | 2 (1.73) | 14 (1.71) | 1 | 1.01 | 0.22-4.52 |
| Placental abruption | 2 (1.73) | 10 (1.22) | 0.6531 | 1.42 | 0.30-6.60 |
| PROM | 26 (22.60) | 261 (31.94) | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.39-0.98 |
| IUFD | 1 (0.86) | 12 (1.46) | 1 | 0.58 | 0.07-4.56 |
PROM-Preterm rupture of membranes, IUFD-Intrauterine fetal death, GH-gestational hypertension.