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Table 2 Low Birth Weight Incidence disaggregated by background variables

From: Infant and child health status ahead of implementation of an integrated intervention to improve nutrition and survival: a cross-sectional baseline assessment

Variable Disaggregation

n (%)

Odds Ratio (OR)

Sig. Level (P-value)

LBW Prevalence

31 (6.4%)

–

–

LBW Prevalence by Province

 Rumonge

21 (5.7%)

Ref

0.251

 Vyanda

10 (8.7%)

0.63

LBW Prevalence by BP status of woman

 High/Low Blood Pressure

7(9.1%)

1.8

0.195

 Normal Blood Pressure

21 (5.3%)

Ref

LBW Prevalence by Nutritional Status of woman

 Normal Nutritional

20 (4.8%)

Ref

0.043

 Malnourished

8 (12.5%)

1.40

LBW Prevalence by Household Hunger Scale

 No hunger detected in household

17 (5.0%)

0.32

0.300

 Moderate Hunger detected in household

13 (9.4%)

0.62

0.673

 Severe Hunger detected in household

1 (14.3%)

Ref

Ref

LBW Prevalence by Wealth Quintiles

 Richest

2 (2.0%)

0.30

0.142

 Fourth

5 (5.2%)

0.78

0.689

 Middle

9 (8.7%)

1.37

0.56

 Second

6 (6.5%)

Ref

Ref

 Poorest

9 (9.7%)

1.54

0.434