Table 2.
Antenatal, natal and postnatal history of 318 children below 18 years attending Mulago Hospital eye clinic, 2015.
| Variable | Total D (%) | Normal vision |
Visual impairment |
P value |
| Attended antenanal care | 296 (93.1) | 172 (54.1) | 124 (39.0) | 0.80 |
| Had febrile illness during pregnancy | 76 (23.9) | 46 (14.5) | 30 (9.4) | 0.64 |
| Mother has systemic illness | 7 (2.2) | 5 (1.6) | 2 (0.6) | 0.47 |
| Assistant at delivery | ||||
| Trained | 295 (92.8) | 170 (53.5) | 125 (39.3) | 0.91 |
| Not trained | 17 (5.4) | 12 (3.8) | 5 (1.6) | |
| Unknown | 6 (1.9) | 2 (0.6) | 4 (1.3) | |
| Baby was full term at delivery | 304 (95.6) | 179 (56.3) | 125 (39.3) | 0.39 |
| Birth weight | ||||
| Normal | 305 (95.6) | 181 (56.3) | 124 (39.0) | 0.03 |
| Underweight | 6 (1.9) | 2 (0.6) | 4 (1.3) | |
| Unknown | 7 (2.2) | 1 (0.3) | 5 (1.6) | |
| Oxygen therapy after delivery | ||||
| No oxygen given | 288 (90.6) | 172 (54.3) | 116 (36.5) | 0.18 |
| Oxygen was given | 24 (7.6) | 11 (3.5) | 13 (4.1) | |
| Has history of convulsions | 11 (3.5) | 2 (0.6) | 9 (2.8) | 0.01 |
| Delayed developmental milestones | 27 (8.5) | 7 (2.2) | 20 (6.3) | 0.01 |
| Anthropometry | ||||
| Normal weight for age | 306 (96.2) | 182 (57.2) | 124 (39.0) | 0.03 |
| Head size | ||||
| Normal | 308 (96.9) | 181 (56.9) | 127 (39.9) | 0.01 |
| Big for age | 10 (3.1) | 3 (0.9) | 7(2.2) | |
| Abnormal Head position | 41 (12.9) | 13 (4.1) | 28 (8.8) | 0.00 |