Table 3.

Consequences among babies with birth defects

Variables	Birth defect	No Birth defect	p-value	cOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)a	p-value
Low birth weight (n=14,676)	99 (0.7%)	Ref	0.18	1.17 (0.93–1.45)	1.15 (0.92–1.44)	0.23
Birth asphyxia (n=4971)	53 (1.1%)	Ref	< 0.001	1.94 (1.46–2.59)	1.88 (1.41–2.51)	< 0.001
Neonatal infection (n=1462)	17 (1.2%)	Ref	0.004	2.05 (1.26–3.33)	1.82 (1.12–2.96)	0.02
Pre-discharge mortality (n=1149)	21 (1.8%)	Ref	< 0.001	3.31 (2.13–5.14)	3.00 (1.93–4.69)	< 0.001

^aadjusted with age of mother, sex of the baby, parity and multiple delivery