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. 2020 Jan 6;2020:5630296. doi: 10.1155/2020/5630296

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)
Sex Male 198 (65.3%) 190 (62.7%) 388 (64%)
Female 105 (34.7%) 113 (37.3%) 218 (36%)

Birth outcome Alive 297 (98%) 302 (99.7%) 599 (98.8%)
Dead 6 (2%) 1 (0.3%) 7 (1.2%)

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%)

APGAR score at 5 min <7 6 (2%) 0 (0%) 6 (1%)
7-10 297 (98%) 303 (100%) 600 (99%)

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%)

Respiratory distress syndrome Yes 45 (14.9%) 4 (1.3%) 49 (8.1%)
No 258 (85.1%) 299 (98.7%) 557 (91.9%)

Spina bifida Yes 6 (2%) 3 (1%) 9 (1.5%)
No 297 (98%) 300 (99%) 597 (98.5%)

IUGR Yes 40 (13.2%) 3 (1%) 43 (7.1%)
No 263 (86.8%) 300 (99%) 563 (92.9%)

Neonatal jaundice Yes 4 (1.3%) 3 (1%) 7 (1.2%)
No 299 (98.7%) 300 (99%) 599 (98.8%)

Hypothermia Yes 23 (7.6%) 2 (0.7%) 25 (4.1%)
No 280 (92.4%) 301 (99.3%) 581 (95.9%)

Admission to NICU Yes 78 (25.7%) 12 (4%) 90 (14.9%)
No 225 (74.3%) 291 (96%) 516 (85.1%)