Table 3.

Identified associated factors for neonatal hypothermia from studies in East Africa, January 2000–2019

Determinants	Odds ratio (aOR, 95% CI)	Author	Year of publication	Reference
Delay in the initiation of breastfeeding	4.39 (2.38, 8.11)	Birhanu W et al	2018	[10]
	2.42 (1.45, 4.02)	Gebresilasea et al	2019	[25]
	7.58 (3.61,15.91)	Tewodros et al	2015	[26]
	7.23 (2.75,18.99)	Hagos et al	2018	[27]
	1.63 (0.88,2.99)	Wubet et al	2019	[28]
Neonatal health problem	3.65 (1.83,8.44)	Birhanu W et al	2018	[10]
	2.46 (1.64,8.18)	Gebresilasea et al	2019	[25]
	3.10 (1.06, 9.46)	Tewodros et al	2015	[26]
	2.28 (0.64,8.18)	Hagos et al	2018	[27]
	4.24 (1.92,9.34)	Wubet et al	2019	[28]
Low birth weight	1.33 (0.75,2.36)	Birhanu et al	2018	[10]
	3.61 (2.1,6.18)	Gebresilasea et al	2019	[25]
	3.75 (1.29,10.88)	Tewodros et al	2015	[26]
	8.51 (2.71,26.73)	Hagos et al	2018	[27]
	1.20 (0.51,2.82)	Wubet et al	2019	[28]
Preterm	4.81 (2.67,8.64)	Birhanu et al	2018	[10]
	4.61 (2.83,8.39)	Gebresilasea et al	2019	[25]
	1.50 (0.84,0.26)	Tewodros et al	2015	[26]
	3.69 (1.36,10.01)	Hagos et al	2018	[27]
	3.37 (1.53,7.44)	Wubet et al	2019	[28]
Nighttime delivery	1.32 (0.73,2.37)	Birhanu et al	2018	[10]
	1.68 (1.01,2.83)	Gebresilasea et al	2019	[25]
	6.61 (3.75,11.66)	Tewodros et al	2015	[26]
	6.25 (2.58,15.12)	Hagos et al	2018	[27]
	3.18 (1.28,4.57)	Wubet et al	2019	[28]