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Table 3 Association between neonatal complications with fetal and early neonatal mortality at MTRH from Jan 2005-Mar 2011

From: A case-control study of risk factors for fetal and early neonatal deaths in a tertiary hospital in Kenya

Predictor

Cases n (%)

Controls n (%)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p-value for likelihood ratio test

Asphyxia

    

<0.001

 Yes

73 (37)

74 (19)

2.5 (1.7-3.7)

2.4 (1.6-3.6)

 

 No

127 (63)

326 (81)

1.0

1.0

 

Congenital malformation

    

0.01

 Yes

21 (11)

18 (5)

2.5 (1.3-4.8)

2.9 (1.5-5.7)

 

 No

179 (89)

182 (95)

1.0

1.0

 

Sepsis

    

0.06

 Yes

37 (18)

125 (31)

0.5 (0.3-0.8)

0.7 (0.4-1.0)

 

 No

163 (82)

275 (69)

1.0

1.0

 

Respiratory Distress syndrome

    

0.01

 Yes

66 (33)

94 (24)

1.6 (1.1-2.3)

1.6 (1.1-2.4)

 

 No

134 (67)

306 (76)

1.0

1.0

 

Other neonatal complications

    

0.50

 Yes

32 (16)

79 (20)

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

0.9 (0.5-1.4)

 

 No

168 (84)

321 (80)

1.0

1.0

 
  1. Reference category for logistic regression represented by 1.0.
  2. Other complications included: hypothermia, diarrhoea, jaundice, hypoglycaemia, meconium aspiration syndrome, sero-exposed.
  3. Numbers may not add to total sample size due to missing values.