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Table 3 Mothers medical history and health facility related characteristics of mothers attending birth at public hospitals of Wollega zones, 2020 (n = 495; Cases: 165 and controls: 330)

From: Determinants of adverse birth outcomes among women delivered in public hospitals of Ethiopia, 2020

Variables

Control n (%)

Cases n (%)

Total n (%)

History of diabetes mellitus

 Yes

21 (6.36)

10 (6.06)

31 (6.3)

 No

309 (93.64)

155 (93.94)

464 (93.7)

History of hypertension

 Yes

42 (12.73)

41 (24.85)

83 (16.8)

 No

288 (87.27)

124 (75.15)

412 (83.2)

History of Cardiac disease

 Yes

8 (2.42)

5 (3.03)

13 (2.6)

 No

322 (97.58)

160 (96.97)

482 (97.4)

Status of Human immunodeficiency virus status

 Positive

9 (2.73)

4 (2.42)

13 (2.6)

 Negative

311 (94.24)

154 (93.33)

465 (93.9)

 Unknown

10 (3.03)

7 (4.24)

17 (3.4)

Anemia

 Yes

39 (11.82)

45 (27.27)

84 (17)

 No

291 (88.18)

120 (72.73)

411 (83)

Malaria

 Yes

13 (3.94)

11 (6.67)

24 (4.8)

 No

317 (96.06)

154 (93.33)

471 (95.2)

Sexually transmitted infection

 Yes

41 (12.42)

12 (7.27)

53 (10.7)

 No

289 (87.58)

154 (93.3)

442 (89.3)

Pregestational body mass index

 < 18 kg/m2

35 (10.6)

17 (10.3)

52 (10.5)

 18–24 kg/m2

258 (78.18)

122 (73.94)

380 (76.8)

 > 24 kg/m2

37 (11.21)

26 (15.75)

63 (12.7)

Pregnancy induced hypertension

 Yes

49 (14.85)

57 (34.55)

106 (21.4)

 No

281 (85.15)

108 (65.45)

389 (78.6)

Maternal Height

 > =150 cm

138 (41.82)

54 (32.73)

192 (38.8)

 < 150 cm

192 (58.18)

111 (67.27)

303 (61.2)

Dietary counselling

 Yes

216 (65.45)

92 (55.76)

308 (62.2)

 No

114 (34.55)

73 (44.24)

177 (37.8)

Mid-upper arm circumference

 < 23 cm

97 (29.4)

49 (29.7)

146 (29.5)

 = > 23 cm

233 (70.6)

116 (70.3)

349 (70.5)

Dietary supplementation

 Yes

236 (71.52)

78 (47.27)

314 (63.4)

 No

94 (28.48)

87 (52.73)

181 (36.6)

Time of 1st antenatal care visit

 1st Trimester

125 (37.88)

46 (27.88)

171 (34.5)

 2nd trimester

167 (50.6)

90 (54.55)

257 (51.9)

 3rd Trimester

38 (11.51)

29 (17.57)

67 (13.5)

Number of children born

 Multiple

9 (2.73)

2 (1.21)

11 (2.2)

 Singleton

321 (97.27)

163 (98.79)

484 (97.8)

Labour duration category

 < 8 h

111 (33.64)

59 (35.76)

170 (34.3)

 8-15 h

143 (43.33)

65 (39.4)

208 (42)

 16-22 h

61 (18.48)

34 (20.6)

95 (19.2)

 > 22 h

15 (4.55)

7 (4.24)

22 (4.4)

Time to reach health facility

 < 1 h

217 (65.75)

102 (61.82)

319 (64.4)

 1-2 h

70 (21.21)

35 (21.21)

105 (21.2)

 > 2 h

43 (13.03)

28 (16.97)

71 (14.3)