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Table 4 Association between obstetric characteristics of women delivering at Sunyani Municipal hospital between January 1 and December 31, 2017 and LBW (N = 931)

From: Maternal obstetric and socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: a retrospective cross-sectional study in Ghana

Characteristics

Unadjusted model

Adjusted modela

OR (95% CI)

P value

OR (95% CI)

P value

Gestational age (weeks)

0.65 (0.57, 0.73)

< 0.001

0.67 (0.59, 0.76)

< 0.001

Parity

1.42 (1.21, 1.66)

< 0.001

1.43 (1.21, 1.70)

< 0.001

Gravida

0.86 (0.72, 1.02)

0.092

  

Number ANC visits

0.71 (0.62, 0.80)

< 0.001

0.78 (0.67, 0.90)

0.001

Number of IPTp-SP doses

0.75 (0.61, 0.93)

0.011

  

Haemoglobin

0.73 (0.61, 0.89)

0.002

0.78 (0.63, 0.95)

0.016

Blood group

 A

Ref

   

 B

0.71 (0.39, 1.29)

0.272

  

 AB

0.74 (0.44, 1.25)

0.268

  

 O

0.99 (0.36, 2.71)

0.985

  
  1. aPredictors adjusted for in the model were gestational age, parity, number of ANC visits, Number of IPTp-SP doses, and haemoglobin
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