Table 4 Factors associated with weight and length at birth (multivariateanalysis, n = 967)

Newborn gender^a

−0.01 (−0.07 to 0.04)

−0.03 (−0.44 to 0.38)

Maternal age^b

0.05 (−0.02 to 0.12)

0.32 (−0.19 to 0.83)

Education level

  Primary level

0.06 (−0.03 to 0.15)

−0.25 -0.92 0.42

  ≥ Secondary level

0.10 (0.00 to 0.20)

−0.05 -0.75 0.65

Rural residency

−0.01 (−0.07 to 0.05)

−0.54 -0.97 -0.11

Primigravidae

−0.12 (−0.19 to −0.05)

−0.38 -0.88 0.11

HIV status

0.02 (−0.06 to 0.11)

−0.20 -0.82 0.41

>4 follow-up visits

0.45 (−0.01 to 0.92)

−2.42 -6.55 1.71

Gestational age at birth (wks)

0.11 (0.09 to 0.12)

0.67 (0.56 to 0.77)

Any peripheral malaria

−0.07 (−0.13 to 0.00)

0.17 (−0.30 to 0.64)