Table 1.
Variable | Total | Male | Female | |||
N | N | % | N | % | ||
Birth weight | <1500 g | 43 | 20 | 46.5% | 23 | 53.5% |
>1500 g | 179 | 85 | 47.5% | 94 | 52.5% | |
Gestational age | <34 weeks | 122 | 60 | 49.2% | 62 | 50.8% |
>34 weeks | 100 | 45 | 45% | 55 | 55% | |
Multiple gestation | Yes | 80 | 42 | 52.5% | 38 | 47.5% |
No | 142 | 63 | 44.4% | 79 | 55.6% | |
Oxygen supplementation | Yes | 97 | 47 | 48.5% | 50 | 51.5% |
No | 125 | 58 | 46.4% | 67 | 53.6% | |
Infantile morbidity | Sepsis | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | 4 | 66.7% |
IVH | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% | |
BPD and sepsis | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | |
None | 213 | 102 | 47.9% | 111 | 52.1% | |
Mode of delivery | Vaginal delivery | 123 | 53 | 43.1% | 70 | 56.9% |
Caesarean section | 99 | 52 | 52.5% | 47 | 47.5% | |
Multiparity | Yes | 47 | 18 | 38.3% | 29 | 61.7% |
No | 175 | 63 | 34.3 | 59 | 65.7% | |
Maternal morbidity | PIH | 44 | 22 | 50% | 22 | 50% |
HIV | 5 | 2 | 40% | 3 | 60% | |
HIV and PIH | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% | |
DM | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% | |
DM and PIH | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 100% | |
TORCH | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | |
None | 166 | 77 | 46.4% | 89 | 53.6% | |
NICU location | SPH | 146 | 65 | 44.5% | 81 | 55.5% |
TASH | 76 | 40 | 52.6% | 36 | 47.4% |
BPD, bronchopulmonary dysplasia; DM, diabetes mellitus; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; PIH, pregnancy-induced hypertension; SPH, Saint Paul Hospital; TASH, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital; TORCH, toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex and HIV.