Table 2.
Obstetric characteristics of mothers who gave birth in public hospitals, Tigrai region, Ethiopia, 2016
| Variables | Categories | Cases (135) n (%) |
Control (270) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravidity | < 4 | 89 (66) | 216 (80) |
| ≥ 4 | 46 (44) | 54 (20) | |
| Parity | < 4 | 93 (68.9) | 221 (81.8) |
| ≥ 4 | 42 (31.1) | 49 (18.2) | |
| Antenatal care (ANC) follow up | No | 25 (18.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Yes | 110 (81.5) | 270 (100) | |
| Gestational age (GA) at first ANC visit | < 28 weeks | 75 (68.2) | 249 (92.2) |
| ≥28 weeks | 35 (31.8) | 21 (7.8) | |
| Number of ANC visits | < 4 | 95 (70.4) | 75 (27.8) |
| ≥ 4 | 40 (29.6) | 195 (72.2) | |
| Iron folic acid (IFA) supplementation | No | 46 (34.1) | 31 (11.5) |
| Yes | 89 (65.9) | 239 (88.5) | |
| Amount of IFA taken | < 90 | 59 (80.8) | 133 (61.9) |
| 90 and more | 14 (19.2) | 82 (38.1) | |
| Received dietary counseling | No | 88 (65.2) | 30 (11.1) |
| Yes | 47 (34.8) | 240 (88.9) | |
| Hemoglobin level | < 11 g/dl | 59 (43.7) | 35 (13.0) |
| ≥ 11 g/dl | 76 (56.3) | 235 (87.0) | |
| MUAC | < 21 cm | 83 (61.5) | 3 (1.1) |
| ≥ 21 cm | 52 (38.5) | 267 (98.9) | |
| Maternal height | < 150 cm | 15 (11.1) | 11 (4.1) |
| ≥ 150 cm | 120 (88.9) | 259 (95.9) | |
| Maternal RH factor | Positive | 123 (91.1) | 252 (93.3) |
| Negative | 12 (8.9) | 18 (6.7) | |
| Pregnancy wanted/planned | No | 50 (37.0) | 28 (10.4) |
| Yes | 85 (63.0) | 242 (89.6) | |
| Ever use of family planning methods | No | 75 (55.5) | 61 (22.6) |
| Yes | 60 (44.5) | 209 (77.4) | |
| History of medical illness | No | 123 (91.1) | 253 (93.7) |
| Yes | 12 (8.9) | 17 (6.3) | |
| Current labor complication | No | 110 (81.5) | 219 (81.1) |
| Yes | 25 (18.5) | 51 (18.9) | |
| Sex of index neonate | Male | 69 (51.1) | 132 (48.9) |
| Female | 66 (48.9) | 138 (51.1) | |
| APGAR score | < 8 | 84 (62.2) | 57 (21.1) |
| 8 and more | 51 (37.8) | 213 (78.9) |