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 |
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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 |