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. 2020 Jul 1;5(7):e002341. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002341

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.