Table 2.
Presenting characteristics for neonates with jejunoileal atresia
| Total N = 83 |
2018–2020 N = 43 |
2021–2022 N = 40 |
p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N | N | |||||
| Age of presentation (M, IQR) | 78 | 7 (4–11) | 40 | 7 (4.5–9) | 38 | 7 (4–13) | 0.6 |
| Sex (% male) | 0.22 | ||||||
| Male | 37 | 44.6% | 16 | 37.2% | 21 | 52.5% | |
| Female | 42 | 50.6% | 24 | 55.8% | 18 | 45.0% | |
| Missing | 4 | 4.8% | 3 | 7.0% | 1 | 2.5% | |
| Distance traveled (%) | 0.2 | ||||||
| < 50 km | 50 | 76.9% | 29 | 85.3% | 21 | 67.7% | |
| 50–100 km | 4 | 6.2% | 2 | 5.9% | 2 | 6.5% | |
| > 100 km | 11 | 16.9% | 3 | 8.8% | 8 | 25.8% | |
| Missing | 18 | 21.7% | 9 | 20.9% | 9 | 22.5% | |
| Presenting complaints (%) | 0.18 | ||||||
| Vomiting | 19 | 22.9% | 13 | 30.2% | 6 | 15.0% | |
| Vomiting and lack of meconium passage | 10 | 12.1% | 2 | 4.7% | 8 | 20.0% | |
| Vomiting, distension, and lack of meconium passage | 6 | 7.2% | 3 | 7.0% | 3 | 7.5% | |
| Abdominal distension | 3 | 3.6% | 1 | 2.3% | 2 | 5.0% | |
| Lack of meconium passage | 3 | 3.6% | 2 | 4.7% | 1 | 2.5% | |
| Vomiting and distension | 5 | 6.0% | 4 | 9.3% | 1 | 2.5% | |
| Distension and lack of meconium passage | 4 | 4.8% | 2 | 4.7% | 2 | 5.0% | |
| Other | 1 | 1.2% | 0 | – | 1 | 2.5% | |
| Missing | 32 | 38.6% | 16 | 37.2% | 16 | 40.0% | |