Table 3 Determinants of macrosomia among newborn delivered at public hospital in Jigjiga City, eastern Ethiopia, 2023 (n = 246)
Variable | Categories | Cases n(%) | Controls n(%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residency | Urban | 73(80.0) | 132(80.5) | 1.97(0.89, 4.34) | 2.58(0.99, 3.85) |
Rural | 9(11.0) | 32(19.5) | 1 | 1 | |
Age of mother (in year) | ≤ 24 | 11(13.4%) | 47(28.7) | 1 | 1 |
25–34 | 45(54.9) | 93(56.6) | 2.06 (0.98, 4.36) | 0.95(0.32, 2.83) | |
≥ 35 | 26(31.7) | 24(14.6) | 4.63(1.96, 10.93)*** | 1.17(0.34, 4.03) | |
Received preconception care | No | 51(62.2) | 75(45.7) | 1.95(1.14, 3.36)* | 2.48(1.29, 4.76)** |
Yes | 31(37.8) | 89(54.3) | 1 | 1 | |
Attend ANC | No | 21(25.6) | 32(19.5) | 1.42(0.76, 2.66) | 1.10(0.38, 2.63) |
Yes | 61(74.4) | 132(80.5) | 1 | 1 | |
Gestational age | < 42 weeks | 65(79.3) | 150(91.5) | 1 | 1 |
≥ 42 weeks | 17(20.7) | 14(8.5) | 2.80(1.30, 6.02** | 2.90(1.16, 7.28)* | |
Parity | Primiparity | 6(73.3) | 38(23.2) | 1 | 1 |
Multiparity | 76(92.7) | 126(76.8) | 3.82 (1.54, 9.46)** | 2.66(0.97, 7.26) | |
Dietary diversity level | Low | 56(68.3) | 95(57.9) | 1.56(0.89, 2.74) | 1.70(0.88, 3.30) |
High | 26(31.7) | 69(42.1) | 1 | 1 | |
Physically active during pregnancy | No | 22(26.8) | 15(9.1) | 3.64 (1.77, 7.49)*** | 3.52(1.55, 7.98)** |
Yes | 60(73.2) | 149(90.9) | 1 | 1 | |
Previous macrosomia | No | 50(61.0) | 146(89.0) | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 32(39.0) | 18(11.0) | 5.19(2.68, 10.05)*** | 4.52(2.18, 9.36)*** | |
GDM | No | 61(74.4) | 152(92.7) | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 21(25.6) | 12(7.3) | 4.36(2.02, 9.41)*** | 2.58(1.10, 6.28)* | |
Sex of the neonate | Female | 22(26.8) | 71(43.3) | 1 | 1 |
Male | 60(73.3) | 93(56.7) | 2.08 (1.17, 3.71)* | 1.95(0.99,3.85) |