Table 2.

adjusted predictors of mortality in the first 28 days of life from the Cox-proportional hazards model

Characteristic	Level	AHR (95% CI)	P-value
Gestational ag	≥ 37 weeks	1
	< 37 weeks	1.13(0.99, 1.30)	0.078
Birth weight (kilograms)		0.85 (0.77, 0.85)	<0.0001
Mode of delivery	Caesarean section	1
	Vaginal	1.17(1.05, 1.30)	0.003
Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy	No	1
	Yes	1.53(1.38, 1.69)	<0.0001
Diagnosis of sepsis	No	1
	Yes	0.78 (0.71, 0.85)	<0.0001
Difficulty in feeding	No	1
	Yes	1.18.84 (1.00, 1.39)	0.027
Kangaroo Mother Care	No	1
	Yes	0.61(0.55, 0.67)	<0.000
Goodness-of-fit test overall model (likelihood ratio) Chi-square=312, df=7, p-value <0.00001, BIC=27987.12, AIC=27944.62

Key: 95% CI=95% confidence interval, AHR= Adjusted Hazard Ratio, BIC=Bayesian Information Criterion, AIC=Akaike's Information Criterion