Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes: a cross-sectional study in Geita district, North-Western Tanzania

Table 8 Secondary analysis of factors associated with low birth weight delivery among delivering women

Variable	Mean birth weight (SD) g	Coefficient	P-value	Coefficient	P-value
		(95% CI)		(95% CI)
Maternal age
<20 years	2,930 (414)	−341 (−439, −243)	<0.001	−193 (−297, −90)	< 0.001
≥20 years	3,271 (436)	Reference		Reference
Gravidity
Paucigravidae	3,141 (460)	−243 (−326, −160)	<0.001	−134 (−220, −48)	0.002
Multigravidae	3,289 (428)	Reference		Reference
ANC visits
1-3 visits	3,141 (460)	−148 (−237, −60)	0.001	−128 (−206, −50)	0.001
≥4 visits	3,289 (428)	Reference		1
Placental malaria
Positive	3,096 (448)	−158 (−245, −70)	<0.001	−82 (−160, −4)	0.039
Negative	3,254 (448)	Reference		1
SP receipt
<3 doses	3,187 (452)	−125 (−305, 55)	0.174	30 (−129, 188)	0.713
≥3 doses	3,311 (476)	Reference		Reference
Gestational age
Pre-term delivery	2,728 (503)	−539 (−654, −424)	<0.001	− 479 (−589, −369)	<0.001
Term delivery	3,267 (400)	Reference		Reference

ANC = antenatal care; SD = standard deviation, 95%CI = 95% confidence interval, Significant p-values are presented in bold.

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