Table 4.
Risk factors at antenatal evaluation for an infant being born small for gestational age (SGA) among pregnant women who presented to Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) for antenatal care and returned for facility delivery (n=972)
| Variable | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
| OR | 95% CI | P value | AOR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <20 | 1.30 | 0.83 to 2.03 | 0.25 | 1.09 | 0.68 to 1.75 | 0.72 |
| 20–34 | Ref | Ref | ||||
| >34 | 1.53 | 1.06 to 2.20 | 0.024 | 1.76 | 1.18 to 2.59 | 0.01 |
| Distance from town to hospital (km) | 1.01 | 0.99 to 1.02 | 0.35 | |||
| Probability of poverty* | 1.01 | 0.94 to 1.08 | 0.83 | 1.01 | 0.96 to 1.07 | 0.86 |
| Pesticide use in the past year | 1.06 | 0.69 to 1.64 | 0.78 | |||
| Twin pregnancy | 252 | 1.08 to 6.08 | 0.0395 | 3.28 | 1.20 to 8.95 | 0.019 |
| First pregnancy | 1.40 | 1.09 to 1.79 | 0.0084 | 1.57 | 1.12 to 2.23 | 0.0085 |
| No. of prior live births | 0.96 | 0.86 to 1.06 | 0.39 | |||
| No. of prior stillbirths | 1.25 | 0.88 to 1.77 | 0.20 | 1.38 | 0.97 to 1.95 | 0.077 |
| No. of prior miscarriages | 0.80 | 0.53 to 1.22 | 0.30 | |||
| No. of prior abortions | 0.40 | 0.17 to 0.96 | 0.040 | 0.41 | 0.17 to 0.97 | 0.044 |
| Food Consumption Score | ||||||
| Acceptable | Ref | |||||
| Borderline | 1.21 | 0.76 to 1.91 | 0.42 | |||
| Poor | 1.25 | 0.56 to 2.77 | 0.59 | |||
| Household Hunger Scale | ||||||
| No hunger | Ref | |||||
| Moderate | 1.08 | 0.76 to 1.54 | 0.65 | |||
| Severe | 0.87 | 0.62 to 1.24 | 0.45 | |||
*Per 0.1 increase in probability of poverty household consumption less than one dollar per day.
HUM, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais; km, kilometre; SGA, small for gestational age.