Table 3.
Association between some perinatal factors and timing of first meconium passage
| First meconium passage within 48hours |
First meconium passage after 48hours |
p-value | Odds ratio |
95% CI | |
| Gestational Age Preterm Term |
21 446 |
11 32 |
< 0.0001 |
0.14 | 0.06 – 031. |
| Mode of Delivery Spontaneous vertex Delivery Caesarean Section |
320 155 |
19 25 |
< 0.01 |
2.72 | 1.45–5.-08 |
| Birth Weight < 2.5Kg ≥2.5Kg |
15 466 |
5 40 |
0.01 |
0.26 | 0.09–0.75 |
| APGAR Score First Minute <7 ≥7 |
25 287 |
10 22 |
< 0.001 |
0.19 | 0.08–0.45 |
| APGAR Score fifth minute <7 ≥7 |
5 301 |
4 28 |
< 0.01 |
0.12 | 0.03–0.46 |
| Feeding before breastfeeding? Feeding No Feeding |
264 205 |
35 12 |
0.02 |
0.44 | 0.22–0.87 |
| Commencement of Breastfeeding Within 24hours Beyond 24hours |
277 207 |
10 36 |
< 0.0001 |
4.81 | 2.34–9.93 |
| Ethnicity Igbo Non-Igbo |
394 38 |
88 9 |
0.88 |
1.06 | 0.49–2.27 |
| Sex Male Female |
251 245 |
19 28 |
0.18 |
1.51 | 0.82–2.77 |