Table 4 Statical Analysis of Folic Acid Usage and Its Dependent Variables
Covariates | Folic acid user | OR(95% CI) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||||
Number of pregnancy | Primigravida | 190(98.4%) | 3(1.6%) | 1.45(0.341–6.13) | 0.426 |
Other | 219(97.8%) | 5 (2.2%) | |||
Preconception consult | Yes | 39(83%) | 8(17%) | 0.83(0.729–0.944) | 0.000 |
No | 370(100%) | 0(0.0%) | |||
Have ANC visit for current pregnancy | Yes | 327(97.6%) | 8(2.4%) | 0.98(0.96–0.993) | 0.171 |
No it is first | 82(100%) | 0(0.0%) | |||
Month of first visit of ANC | First trimester | 305(97.4%) | 8(2.6%)) | 0.97(0.96–0.99) | 0.032 |
Other | 103(100%) | 0(0.0%) | |||
Number of ANC visits | 1st visit | 82(100%) | 0(0.0%) | Not applicable | .046 |
2nd to 4th visit | 260(98.5%) | 4(1.5%) | |||
>4th visit | 67(94.4%) | 4(5.6%) | |||
History of unsuccessful pregnancy in life time | No | 332(98.8%) | 4(1.2%) | 4.31(1.056–17.62) | 0.04 |
Yes | 77(95.1%) | 4(4.9%) | |||
History of a baby with birth defect | No | 403(98.3%) | 7(1.7%) | 9.6(1.016–17.62) | 0.128 |
Yes | 6(85.7%) | 1(14.3%) | |||
Planning of pregnancy | Planned | 288(97.3%) | 8(2.7%) | 0.97(0.95–0.992) | 0.063 |
Unplanned | 121 | 0(0.0%) | |||
Level of folic acid awareness | Uninformed | 328(100%) | 0(0.0%) | Not applicable | 0.000 |
Somewhat informed | 39(100%) | 0(0.0%) | |||
Informed | 42(84%) | 8(16%) | |||