Variables

Maternal age

<20 years

20 - 25 years

% (n = 285)

% (n = 1394)

p

Maternal age (Mean ± SD)

17.76 y ± 1.30

22.86 y ± 1.64

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Gestational age at birth (Mean ± SD)

38.19 w ± 3.05

38.62 w ± 2.37

0.040

Marital status

Married

23.50 (67)

66.42 (926)

0.000

Single

76.49 (218)

33.57 (468)

No. of antenatal visits ≥ 4

71.92 (205)

72.38 (1009)

0.862

HIV infection

0.70 (2)

0.8 (11)

0.878

Multiple pregnancies

3.16 (9)

2.8 (39)

0.740

Abnormal presentation

4.21 (12)

3.51 (49)

0.580

Cephalic presentation

93.68 (267)

93.47 (1303)

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