Characteristics | 1st ANC visit | p-value | Delivery | p-value | ||||
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Overall (n = 692) | Adidome (n = 366) | Battor (n = 326) | Overall (n = 499) | Adidome (n = 284) | Battor (n = 215) | |||
Age (Mean ± SD) | 26.59 ± 5.14 | 25.81 ± 6.39 | 27.44 ± 6.01 | ** | 26.98 ± 4.76 | 26.88 ± 6.07 | 27.26 ± 5.31 | |
Gravidity/Parity (n (%)) | ||||||||
Primigravidae | 204 (29.48%) | 114 (31.06%) | 90 (27.69%) | 117 (23.44%) | 65 (23.13%) | 52 (26.40%) | ||
Multigravidae | 488 (70.52%) | 253 (68.94%) | 235 (72.31%) | 361 (72.34%) | 216 (76.87%) | 145 (73.60%) | ||
Gestational age in weeks (Mean ± SD) | 15.16 ± 5.86 | 13.93 ± 7.05 | 16.53 ± 8.20 | *** | 38.84 ± 1.41 | 38.75 ± 1.78 | 38.98 ± 1.74 | |
Bed net possession (n (%)) | ||||||||
Yes | 644 (93.06%) | 338 (92.10%) | 306 (94.74%) | 454 (90.98%) | 257 (94.83%) | 197 (95.63%) | ||
No | 46 (6.65%) | 29 (7.90%) | 17 (5.26%) | 23 (4.61%) | 14 (5.17%) | 9 (4.37%) | ||
Bed net usage (n(%)) | ||||||||
Always | 466 (67.34%) | 238 (64.85%) | 228 (70.59%) | 267 (53.51%) | 162 (60.90%) | 105 (50.97%) | ||
Sometimes | 177 (25.58%) | 104 (28.34%) | 73.0(22.6%) | 169 (33.87%) | 89 (33.46%) | 80 (38.83%) | ||
Seldom | 47 (6.79) | 25 (6.81%) | 22 (6.81%) | 17 (3.41%) | 5 (1.88%) | 12 (5.83%) | ||
HBx (Mean ± SD) | 10.73 ± 1.13 | 10.61 ± 1.44 | 11.36 ± 1.15 | ** | 10.77 ± 0.93 | 10.79 ± 1.22 | 10.71 ± 1.87 | |
Anaemia status (n (%)) | ||||||||
Severe anaemic (Hb < 8.0 g/dL) | 14 (2.23%) | 14 (4.6%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (3.21%) | 8 (2.85%) | 8 (5.88%) | ||
Anaemic (11.0 < Hb ≥ 8.0 g/dL) | 168 (24.28%) | 154 (50.66%) | 14 (25%) | 209 (41.88%) | 135 (48.04%) | 74 (54.41%) | ||
Birth Outcome (Mean ± SD) | 3.11 ± 0.4 | 3.14 ± 0.52 | 3.05 ± 0.58 | |||||
Low birth weight < 2500 g | 38 (7.62%) | 21 (7.45%) | 17 (9.82%) |