Table 2.
Maternal medical and obstetrics characteristics of preterm low birthweight neonates and neonatal outcome admitted to NICU in Amhara region referral hospitals, Ethiopia, 2019 (n=291)
| Characteristics | Category | Total, n (%) n=291 |
Alive, n (%) n=181 |
Death, n (%) n=110 |
P value | |
| Maternal chronic medical disease | No | 281 (96.56) | 178 (63.35) | 103 (36.65) | ||
| Yes | 10 (3.44) | 3 (30) | 7 (70) | |||
| Maternal chronic medical disease | HIV | No | 285 (97.94) | 179 (62.81) | 106 (37.19) | |
| Yes | 6 (2.06) | 2 (33.33) | 4 (66.67) | |||
| DM | No | 289 (99.31) | 181 (62.63) | 108 (37.37) | ||
| Yes | 2 (0.69) | – | 2 (100) | |||
| Others | No | 289 (99.31) | 180 (62.28) | 109 (37.72) | ||
| Yes | 2 (0.69) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | |||
| Obstetric complications | No | 228 (78.35) | 149 (65.35) | 79 (34.65) | 0.036 | |
| Yes | 63 (21.65) | 32 (50.79) | 31 (49.21) | |||
| Obstetric complication | PIH | No | 246 (84.54) | 158 (64.23) | 88 (35.77) | 0.095 |
| Yes | 45 (15.46) | 23 (51.11) | 22 (48.89) | |||
| Placenta – abruption | No | 279 (95.88) | 175 (62.72) | 104 (37.28) | 0.37 | |
| Yes | 12 (4.12) | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | |||
| Placenta – previa | No | 285 (97.94) | 178 (62.46) | 107 (37.54) | 0.533 | |
| Yes | 12 (2.06) | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | |||
NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; PIH, pregnancy induced hypertension; PIH, pregnancy-induced hypertension.