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

Table 4

Maternal and obstetric predictors of LBW.

Variables	Cases (%) (n = 105)	Control (%) (n = 210)	COR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Mode of delivery
Cesarean section	58 (55.2)	59 (28.1)	3.15	1.93–5.14	2.19	1.21–3.97
Vaginal	47 (44.8)	151 (71.9)	1		1
Gestational age
<37 weeks	31 (29.5)	17 (8.1%)	4.75	2.48–9.10	2.51	1.15–5.48
≥37 weeks	74 (70.5)	193 (91.9%)	1
Parity
Primi	49 (46.7)	112 (53.3)	0.76	0.47–1.22
Multi	56 (53.3)	98 (46.7)	1
History of abortion
Yes	10 (9.5)	18 (8.6)	1.12	0.49–2.52
No	95 (90.5)	192 (91.4)	1
History of low birth weight
Yes	17 (16.2)	7 (3.3)	5.60	2.24–13.98	5.12	1.93–13.60
No	88 (83.8)	203 (96.7)	1
Maternal weight
<50 kilograms	34 (32.4)	41 (19.5)	1.97	1.15–3.36	2.23	1.23–4.02
≥50 kilograms	71 (67.6)	169 (80.5)	1
ANC visit
≥4 visits	74 (70.5)	177 (84.3)	0.44	0.25–0.77	0.61	0.32–1.16
<4 visits	31 (29.5)	33 (15.7)	1
Hb level
<11 g/dl	91 (86.7)	152 (72.4)	2.48	1.30–4.69	1.79	0.89–3.57
≥11 g/dl	14 (13.3)	58 (27.6)	1
Rest during day time
≤2 hours	97 (92.4)	179 (85.2)	2.10	0.92–4.74
>2 hours	8 (7.6)	31 (14.8)	1
Rest during night time
<8 hours	92 (87.6)	161 (76.7)	2.15	1.11–4.18	1.74	0.83–3.63
≥8 hours	13 (12.4)	49 (23.3)	1

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