Predictors of Low Birth Weight at Lumbini Provincial Hospital, Nepal: A Hospital-Based Unmatched Case Control Study

Table 2

Maternal and obstetric characteristics of study participants, Lumbini Provincial Hospital, 2019.

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Mode of delivery	Cesarean section	198	62.9
	Vaginal	117	37.1
Gestational age	<37 weeks	48	15.2
	≥37 weeks	267	84.8
Parity	Primiparity	161	51.1
	Multiparity	154	48.9
History of abortion	Yes	28	8.9
	No	287	91.1
History of low birth weight	Yes	24	7.6
	No	291	92.4
Maternal weight	<50 kilograms	75	23.8
	≥50 kilograms	240	76.2
ANC visit	≥4 visit	251	79.7
	<4 visit	64	20.3
Hb level	<11 g/dl	243	77.1
	≥11 g/dl	72	22.9
Rest during day time	≤2 hours	276	87.6
	>2 hours	39	12.4
Rest during night time	<8 hours	253	80.3
	≥8 hours	62	19.7