. 2019 Apr 11;45:48. doi: 10.1186/s13052-019-0637-7

Table 3.

Nutritional characteristics of mothers who gave birth at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia 2018

Variable		Cases (%)	Controls (%)	P-value
Dietary counseling for this pregnancy	Yes	29(26.36%)	120(54.55%)	< 0.001*
Dietary counseling for this pregnancy	No	81(73.64%)	100(45.45%)
Iron tablets use	Yes	47(42.73%)	169(76.82%)	< 0.001*
Iron tablets use	No	63(57.27%)	51(23.18%)
Mid upper arm circumference	≤220	35(31.82%)	27(12.27%)	< 0.001*
Mid upper arm circumference	> 220	75(68.18%)	193(87.73%)	< 0.001*
Household food security	Food secure	106(96.36%)	214(97.27%)	0.65
Household food security	Food insecure	4(3.64%)	6(2.73%)	0.65