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Table 2 Transfer to neonatal care unit (n = 3190) among 21 206 live-born according to maternal health conditions

From: Transfer of newborns to neonatal care unit: a registry based study in Northern Tanzania

Risk factors

Number

live-born

deliveries

Proportion (%)

live-born babies

transferred to NCU

RR (95% CI)

p-value

Before pregnancya

    

Medication regular

493

18.9

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

0.013

Diabetes

49

69.4

4.7 (3.9-5.6)

<0.0001

Hypertension

143

21.7

1.5 (1.1-2.0)

0.021

Epilepsy

64

25.0

1.7 (1.1-2.6)

0.026

Gyn. Disease

1122

17.5

1.2 (1.0-1.4)

0.020

Lung disease

1950

16.6

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

0.040

Malaria

12 258

14.9

1.0 (0.9-1.1)

0.899

Anaemia

406

17.0

1.2 (0.9-1.5)

0.267

Tuberculosis

77

18.2

1.3 (0.7-2.2)

0.703

During pregnancy a

    

No ANC attendance

137

34.3

2.3 (1.8-2.9)

<0.0001

Referred to ANC§

2284

21.0

1.5 (1.4-1.6)

<0.0001

ANC < 5 visits

13 168

16.2

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

<0.0001

Anaemia

449

18.3

1.2 (1.0-1.5)

0.050

Gestational Diabetic

17

47.1

3.1 (1.9-5.2)

<0.0001

Hypertension

72

30.6

2.0 (1.4-2.9)

<0.0001

Preeclampsia

711

32.1

2.2 (2.0-2.5)

<0.0001

Eclampsia

27

70.4

4.7 (3.7-6.0)

<0.0001

Bleeding

239

23

1.5 (1.2-2.0)

<0.0001

Malaria

4314

14.4

1.0 (0.9-1.0)

0.167

Tuberculosis

414

15.0

1.0 (0.8-1.3)

0.969

HIV infection

784

16.1

1.0 (0.8-1.1)

0.528

Complications a

    

Abruptio placenta

29

65.5

4.4 (3.4-5.7)

<0.0001

PROM

468

54.7

3.9 (3.5-4.2)

<0.0001

Bleeding >500 mls

36

33.3

2.2 (1.4-3.5)

0.001

Placenta previa

51

45.1

3.0 (2.2-4.1)

<0.0001

Caesarean section

6472

24.2

2.3 (2.2-2.5)

<0.0001

Other Vaginal delivery

317

33.4

3.2 (2.7-3.8)

<0.0001

Other unspecified

373

24.7

1.7 (1.4-2.0)

<0.0001

  1. a- Numbers for reference categories not given, each variable had complete data
  2. §- First ANC visit triggered by health workers