Table 3.
Neonatal outcomes of primipara adolescent deliveries compared with multipara adolescent deliveries in the Bamenda Regional Hospital from November 2015–January 2016
| Outcomes | Primiparas | Multiparas | OR | 95% CI | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | ||||
| Asphyxia (Apgar <7) | 4 | 6.7 | 2 | 25.0 | 4.7 | 0.7–31.0 | 0.1 |
| Severe asphyxia (Apgar <3) | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 0.3–51.8 | 0.3 |
| Low birth weight | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19.7 | – | – | 0.2 |
| High birth weight | 3 | 12.5 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 0.03–4.0 | 0.4 |
| Caesarean sections | 10 | 16.4 | 3 | 37.5 | 3.8 | 0.7–19.8 | 0.09 |