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. 2022 Jul 18;9:894245. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.894245

Table 3B.

Differential patterns in antenatal calcium coverage across districts of northeast India by contextual factors, 2020–21.

District subgroups by contextual factors Pregnant women who received
full course of calcium
supplements per 100 ANC
registered women
Coverage (95% CI) Relative CD CR
Physiographical grouping
Hilly/mountainous 36.28 (36.04–36.52) −53.72% 0.46
Plateau 41.08 (40.81–41.34) −47.60% 0.52
Plain 78.40 (78.30–78.49) Reference Reference
Special categories (under Transformation of Aspirational Districts initiative)
Aspirational districts 80.36 (80.19–80.53) Reference Reference
Other districts 62.67 (62.56–62.78) −22.01% 0.78
Grouping based on proportion of mothers who had early ANC
Low (27.1 to 54.8%) 62.01 (61.83–62.19) −13.19% 0.87
Medium (54.9 to 65.8%) 66.80 (66.65–66.96) −6.48% 0.94
High (65.9 to 90.6%) 71.43 (71.28–71.59) Reference Reference

ANC, antenatal care; CI, confidence interval; CD, coverage difference; CR, coverage ratio.

While comparing the coverage across different sub-groups within a grouping, the sub-group with the highest coverage was treated as reference.