Table 2.
Characterization of cases and controls of antepartum and intrapartum and fetal factors of birth asphyxia among newborns delivered in Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia 2019
| Variables | Response Category |
Birth asphyxia | |
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| Yes (cases) | No (controls) | ||
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| Count (%) | Count (%) | ||
| Gravidity | Primi | 55 (44.4) | 127 (51.2) |
| Multi | 69 (55.60) | 121 (48.8) | |
| ANC follow up | Yes | 65 (52.4) | 102 (41.1) |
| No | 59 (47.6) | 146 (58.9) | |
| Comorbidity during pregnancy |
Yes | 48 (38.7) | 60 (24.2) |
| No | 76 (61.3) | 188 (75.8) | |
| Fetal presentation | Noncephalic | 36 (29.0) | 36 (14.5) |
| Cephalic | 88 (71.0) | 212 (85.5) | |
| Mode of delivery | Assisted/instrumental | 42 (33.9) | 33 (13.3) |
| SVD | 82 (66.1) | 215(86.7) | |
| Prolonged labor | > 12hr | 86 (69.4) | 83 (33.5) |
| ≤ 12hr | 38 (30.6) | 165 (66.5) | |
| Labor type | Induced | 24 (19.4) | 38 (66.5) |
| No induced | 100 (80.6) | 210 (84.7) | |
| Meconium-stained amniotic fluid |
Yes | 46 (37.1) | 37 (14.9) |
| No | 78 (62.9) | 211 (85.1) | |
| Gestational age | < 37weeks | 40 (32.3) | 31 (12.5) |
| ≥ 37weeks | 84 (67.7) | 217 (87.5) | |
| Fetal Outcome | Multiple | 30 (24.2) | 43 (17.3) |
| Single | 94 (75.8) | 205 (82.7) | |
| Fetal distress | Yes | 53 (42.7) | 48 (19.4) |
| No | 71 (57.3) | 200 (80.6) | |
| Birth weight | < 2500 | 69 (55.6) | 90 (36.3) |