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Table 3 Multivariable regression of the predictors of preterm and post term births delivered in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, April-July 2014

From: Pre-term and post-term births: predictors and implications on neonatal mortality in Northern Ethiopia

 

Model 1:

Model 2:

Model 3:

Immediate

Factors

Proximal

Factors

Distal

Factors

Predictors

RRR& CI preterm

RRR & CI post term

RRR& CI preterm

RRR& CI post term

RRR & CI preterm

RRR & CI post term

Body mass index

 Normal (ref)

  

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 Underweight

  

0.59,0.29–1.2

1.7,0.59–4.82

0.47,0.2–0.99

2.18,0.6–7.2

 Overweight

  

0.57,0.1–1.69

3.34,1.1–11.2

0.5,0.15–1.63

3.88,1.01–15.05

Weight for age

 Normal

  

ref

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 SGA

  

1.03,0.51–2.0

1.66,0.71–3.9

1.02,0.48–2.1

1.56,0.6–3.9

 LGA

  

2.48,1.37–4.4

1.47,0.77–2.8

1.87,0.95–3.6

1.57,0.8–3.0

Multi Birth (“sin”ref)

  

2.74,1.44–5.2

0.65,0.2–2.31

2.86,1.4–5.65

0.75,0.2–2.7

Female (“male” ref)

  

1.09,0.67–1.7

1.2,0.76–2.09

1.1,0.65–1.84

1.3,0.77–2.2

Complication (“yes”ref)

0.5,0.34–0.9

1.34,0.7–2.1

0.69,0.4–1.17

1.33,0.66–2.7

0.85,0.47–1.5

1.34,0.6–2.8

Length of neonate

  < 46 cm

  

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 46–56 cm

  

0.15,0.09–0.2

2.57,0.76–8.6

0.12,0.07–0.2

2.3,0.69–3.0

  > 56 cm

  

0.05,0.01–0.4

3.68,0.8–15.8

0.05,0.01–0.4

2.6,0.47–14.3

Monthly Income

 Poor

    

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 Medium

    

0.26,0.12–0.5

1.2,0.55–2.6

 Rich

    

0.6,0.34–1.06

2.17,1.1–4.3

Marital status

 Married

    

ref

ref

 Others

    

1.62, 0.6–4.2

2.4,1.02–5.8

  1. *BF breast feeding, ref reference, sin single birth