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. 2014 Sep;14(3):502–509. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v14i3.2

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
Mother Hypertensive &
Drug use
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