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Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and associated factors of low birth weight among newborns delivered at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. RESULTS: From the total of 368 newborn baby/mother pairs planned to be participated, 338 agreed and involved in the study giving a response rate of 91.2%. In this study, the prevalence of low birth weight was 21.6 (95% CI 17.5, 26%). Being rural residence (AOR 2.0, 95% CI 1.0, 4.1), duration of pregnancy (AOR = 7.6, 95% CI 3.3, 17.4), and having complications during pregnancy (AOR 2.6, 95% CI 1.2, 5.7) were found to be factors significantly associated with low birth weight.

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Alebel, A., Wagnew, F., Tesema, C., Gebrie, A., Ketema, D., Asmare, G., Kibret, G. (2019). Factors associated with low birth weight at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a hospital based cross-sectional study. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4143-1

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Animut Alebel Fasil Wagnew Cheru Tesema Alemu Gebrie Daniel Bekele Ketema Getnet Asmare Getiye Dejenu Kibret

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