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Table 6 Neonatal complications

From: Risk factors and outcomes of fetal macrosomia in a tertiary centre in Tanzania: a case-control study

 

Macrosomia N (%)

Controls N (%)

p-value

Odds ratio [95 % CI]

Birth asphyxia

 Yes

14 (14.4)

3 (3.0)

0.004

5.51 [1.53, 19.83]

 No

83 (85.6)

98 (97.0)

 

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Respiratory distress

 Yes

16 (16.5)

6 (5.9)

0.03

3.13 [1.17, 8.37]

 No

81 (83.5)

95 (94.1)

 

1

Hypoglycemia

 Yes

22 (22.7)

7 (6.9)

0.002

3.94 [1.60, 9.72]

 No

75 (77.3)

94 (93.1)

 

1

Hypocalcemia

 Yes

1 (1.0)

1 (1.0)

0.7

 

 No

96 (99.0)

100 (99.0)

  

Polycythemia

 Yes

3 (3.1)

0 (0.0)

0.1

 

 No

94 (96.9)

101 (100)

  

Death

 Yes

10 (9.7)

2 (1.9)

0.03

5.4 [1.16, 25.43]

 No

93 (90.3)

101 (98.1)

 

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Birth trauma

 Yes

14 (14.4)

1 (1.0)

0.0003

16.87 [2.17, 130.97]

 No

83 (85.6)

100 (99.0)

 

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