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

Table 3

Sociodemographic predictors of LBW.

Variables	Cases (%) (n = 105)	Control (n = 210)	COR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Mothers age group
<20	11 (10.5)	7 (3.3)	3.45	1.28–9.27	2.71	0.93–7.94
20–30	71 (67.6)	156 (74.3)	1		1
>30	23 (21.9)	47 (22.4)	1.07	0.60–1.90	1.18	0.63–2.21
Respondent ethnicity
Dalit	19 (18.1)	17 (8.1)	2.51	1.21–5.22	1.77	0.79–3.92
Janjati	21 (20.0)	58 (27.6)	0.81	0.44–1.47	0.62	0.32–1.19
Religious minorities	13 (12.4)	18 (8.6)	1.62	0.74–3.56	0.44	0.15–1.30
Upper caste	52 (49.5)	117 (55.7)	1		1
Respondent educational status
Literate	83 (79)	198 (94.3)	0.22	0.10–0.48	0.32	0.13–0.81
Illiterate	22 (21)	12 (5.7)	1		1
Occupation of respondent
Labor/wage worker	11 (10.5)	6 (2.9)	9.16	2.62–32.03	5.21	1.13–23.88
Unemployed/housewife	86 (81.9)	164 (78.1)	2.62	1.17–5.85	2.63	1.11–6.20
Employed	8 (7.6)	40 (19)	1		1
Family type of respondent
Nuclear	70 (66.7)	118 (56.2)	1.55	0.95–2.54
Joint	35 (33.3)	92 (43.8)	1
Wealth index
Poorest	32 (30.5)	31 (14.8)	2.58	1.23–5.39	1.71	0.73–4.03
Poorer	18 (17.1)	44 (21.0)	1.02	0.47–2.21	0.97	0.42–2.22
Middle	21 (20.0)	43 (20.5)	1.22	0.57–2.59	1.19	0.54–2.62
Richer	16 (15.2)	47 (22.4)	0.851	0.38–1.87	0.91	0.40–2.07
Richest	18 (17.1)	45 (21.4)	1

^∗Variables entered to multivariate regression model, ^∗∗Statistically significant at p-value <0.05, adjusted model.