Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants for term versus preterm births.
| Variable | Characteristic | Total n = 181 |
Term births n = 90 |
Preterm births n = 91 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age (years) | Mean (SD) | 25.2 (6.1) | 26.32 (5.92) | 24.01 (6.19) | 0.011∗ |
| Gestation (weeks) | Mean (SD) | 35.6 (1.8) | 38.00 (1.04) | 33.36 (2.55) | <0.0001∗ |
| Birth weight (kg) | Mean (SD) | 2.6 (0.4) | 3.14 (0.38) | 2.12 (0.48) | <0.0001∗ |
| Married/cohabitating | N (%) | 173 (96) | 87 (96.7) | 86 (94.5) | 0.766 |
| Gravidity | N (%) | 0.048∗ | |||
| (i) 1-2 | 108 (60) | 46 (51.1) | 62 (68.1) | ||
| (ii) 3-5 | 61 (34) | 38 (42.2) | 23 (25.3) | ||
| (iii) ≥6 | 12 (6.6) | 6 (6.7) | 6 (6.6) | ||
| Preterm baby before | N (%) | 16 (9) | 4 (4.4) | 12 (13.2) | 0.38 |
| Education level | N (%) | 0.31 | |||
| (i) ≥college | 11 (6.1) | 5 (5.6) | 6 (6.6) | ||
| (ii) secondary | 70 (38.7) | 41 (45.6) | 29 (31.9) | ||
| (iii) primary | 91 (50.3) | 40 (44.4) | 51 (56.0) | ||
| (iv) none | 9 (5) | 4 (4.4) | 5 (5.5) | ||
| Herbal medication use | N (%) | 32 (17.7) | 10 (11.1) | 22 (24.2) | 0.035∗ |
| HIV positive | N (%) | 27 (15) | 14 (15.6) | 13 (14.3) | 0.975 |
| Syphilis positive | N (%) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0.018∗ |
SD: standard deviation; N: number; kg: kilograms. t-test used for continuous variables, chi-square or Fisher's exact test used for categorical variables.