Table 2.

Univariate analyses to investigate the effects of the perinatal variables on LOS

	Effect on LOS	p value	R2
Apgar at 1 min	−9.96%	<0.0001	0.04
Apgar at 5 mins	−11.63%	<0.0001	0.04
Temperature	−22.91%	<0.0001	0.04
Birth head circumference	−18.74%	<0.0001	0.63
Birth weight	−0.09%	<0.0001	0.65
Gestational age	−17.83%	<0.0001	0.65
Region			0.004
Central	(base)
Namibia	40.80%	0.0092
Northern	13.42%	0.0251
South West	15.72%	0.0302
Maternal ethnicity			0.001
Asian	(base)
Black	−10.00%	0.5380
Other	−17.19%	0.2950
White	−7.91%	0.6290
Delivery mode			0.011
Caesarean	(base)
Vaginal	−27.79%	<0.0001
Gender			0.002
Female	(base)
Male	−8.33%	0.0497