Table 5.
Neonatal outcome and complications of cases and controls in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Referral and Gandhi Memorial Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2018.
| Neonatal outcome and complications | Case (n = 303) | Control (n = 303) | Total (n = 606) | |
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| Sex | Male | 198 (65.3%) | 190 (62.7%) | 388 (64%) |
| Female | 105 (34.7%) | 113 (37.3%) | 218 (36%) | |
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| Birth outcome | Alive | 297 (98%) | 302 (99.7%) | 599 (98.8%) |
| Dead | 6 (2%) | 1 (0.3%) | 7 (1.2%) | |
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| APGAR score at 1 min | <7 | 71 (23.4%) | 22 (7.3%) | 93 (15.3%) |
| 7-10 | 232 (76.6%) | 281 (92.7%) | 513 (84.7%) | |
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| APGAR score at 5 min | <7 | 6 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (1%) |
| 7-10 | 297 (98%) | 303 (100%) | 600 (99%) | |
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| Birth weight | <1000 | 2 (0.7%) | 4 (1.3%) | 6 (1%) |
| 1000-1499 | 3 (1%) | 10 (3.3%) | 13 (2.1%) | |
| 1500-2499 | 132 (43.6%) | 57 (18.8%) | 189 (31.2%) | |
| ≥2500 | 166 (54.8%) | 232 (76.6%) | 398 (65.7%) | |
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| Respiratory distress syndrome | Yes | 45 (14.9%) | 4 (1.3%) | 49 (8.1%) |
| No | 258 (85.1%) | 299 (98.7%) | 557 (91.9%) | |
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| Spina bifida | Yes | 6 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 9 (1.5%) |
| No | 297 (98%) | 300 (99%) | 597 (98.5%) | |
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| IUGR | Yes | 40 (13.2%) | 3 (1%) | 43 (7.1%) |
| No | 263 (86.8%) | 300 (99%) | 563 (92.9%) | |
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| Neonatal jaundice | Yes | 4 (1.3%) | 3 (1%) | 7 (1.2%) |
| No | 299 (98.7%) | 300 (99%) | 599 (98.8%) | |
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| Hypothermia | Yes | 23 (7.6%) | 2 (0.7%) | 25 (4.1%) |
| No | 280 (92.4%) | 301 (99.3%) | 581 (95.9%) | |
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| Admission to NICU | Yes | 78 (25.7%) | 12 (4%) | 90 (14.9%) |
| No | 225 (74.3%) | 291 (96%) | 516 (85.1%) | |