Open AccessNutritional-Related Predictors of Preterm Birth in North Shewa Hospitals, Central Ethiopia: A Case–Control Study
Author(s) -
Berhanu Senbeta Deriba
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s319867
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , logistic regression , demography , pediatrics , obstetrics , sociology
Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of newborn death and the second cause of mortality among under-five children. Globally, about 15 million infants are born preterm every year. However, there is a lack of data on the nutritional-related predictors of preterm birth among Ethiopian women. The objective of the study was to identify nutritional-related predictors of preterm birth among women who gave birth at North Shewa public Hospitals in central Ethiopia.