TABLE 3.
Obstetric and medical-related characteristics of the mother in the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 481).
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| ANC follow up | Yes | 460 | 95.6 |
| No | 21 | 4.4 | |
| Number of ANC visit | <4 visits | 107 | 23.3 |
| ≥4 visits | 353 | 76.7 | |
| Pregnancy status | Wanted and planned | 349 | 72.6 |
| Wanted but unplanned | 114 | 23.7 | |
| Unwanted and unplanned | 18 | 3.7 | |
| Dietary counseling during pregnancy | Yes | 424 | 88.2 |
| No | 57 | 11.8 | |
|
Parity |
Primiparous | 181 | 37.6 |
| Multiparous | 260 | 54.1 | |
| Grand multiparous | 40 | 8.3 | |
| Gestational age at delivery | Preterm | 40 | 8.3 |
| Term | 425 | 88.4 | |
| Post-term | 16 | 3.3 | |
| Birth interval in year | <3 | 246 | 51.1 |
| ≥3 | 235 | 48.9 | |
| Pregnancy-induced hypertension | Yes | 54 | 11.2 |
| No | 427 | 88.8 | |
| Meal frequency per day | <4 times | 269 | 55.9 |
| ≥4 times | 212 | 44.1 | |
| Medical illness | Yes | 48 | 10 |
| No | 433 | 90 | |
| Types of medical illness | HIV/AIDS | 5 | 10.4 |
| Anemia | 20 | 41.7 | |
| Urinary tract infection | 8 | 16.7 | |
| Cardiac disease | 3 | 6.2 | |
| Others* | 12 | 25 | |
| Previous history of stillbirth | Yes | 42 | 8.7 |
| No | 439 | 91.4 | |
| Modes of delivery | Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 260 | 54.1 |
| Cesarean section | 205 | 42.6 | |
| Instrumental delivery | 16 | 3.3 |
Others* = renal disease and malaria.