Table 1B.
Maternal baseline characteristics among preterms receiving 10% dextrose in the 1st 72hrs of admission at SCU-Mulago Hospital, 2012.
| Variable | Bolus (%) | Infusion (%) | P-value |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 53 (50.0) | 53 (50.0) | |
| Not married | 13 (43.3) | 17 (56.7) | 0.519 |
| Attended ANC | |||
| Yes | 63 (49.2) | 65 (50.8) | |
| No | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | 0.574 |
| HIV status | |||
| Positive | 9 (47.4) | 10 (52.6) | |
| Negative | 50 (48.1) | 54 (51.9) | |
| Unknown | 8 (50.0) | 8 (50.0) | 0.987 |
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Mother Hypertensive & Drug use |
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| Yes | 5 (41.8) | 7 (58.3) | |
| No | 62 (49.2) | 64 (50.8) | 0.618 |
| Intrapartum Dextrose use | |||
| Yes | 24 (52.2) | 22 (47.8) | |
| No | 44 (47.3) | 50 (53.2) | 0.551 |
| Parity | |||
| Primegravida | 26 (50.9) | 25 (49.0) | |
| Multigravida | 42 (47.2) | 47 (52.8) | 0.660 |
| Residence | |||
| Rural | 12 (46.1) | 14 (53.9) | |
| Urban | 53 (47.8) | 58 (52.3) | 0.884 |