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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of low birth weight infants

From: Lower mortality is observed among low birth weight young infants who have received home-based care by female community health volunteers in rural Nepal

Variables

Total

Follow up visit

No Follow up visit

P-value

(n = 2229)

(n = 2108)

(n = 121)

Sex

 Male

1040 (47%)

975 (46%)

65 (54%)

0.095

 Female

1189 (53%)

1133 (54%)

56 (46%)

Ethnicity

 Upper Caste

315 (14%)

298 (14%)

17 (14%)

 

 Disadvantaged Janajati

959 (40%)

924 (44%)

52 (43%)

 

 Disadvantaged Non-Dalit Terai

178 (8%)

167 (8%)

11 (9%)

 

 Dalit

468 (21%)

449 (21%)

19 (16%)

 

 Religious Minority (Muslim)

178 (8%)

165 (8%)

13 (11%)

0.481

 Others

114 (5%)

105 (5%)

9 (7%)

 

Illness

 Yes

784 (34%)

746 (35%)

38 (31%)

0.372

 No

1445 (66%)

1362 (65%)

83 (68%)

 

Birth Place

 Home

1742 (71%)

1657 (79%)

85 (70%)

 

 Health Facility

487 (29%)

451 (21%)

36 (30%)

0.03

First place of treatment (n = 784)

784

746

38

 

 Home

194 (25%)

187 (25%)

7 (18%)

 

 Government Health Facility

136 (17%)

128 (17%)

8 (21%)

 

 Private Health Facility

49 (6%)

45 (6%)

14 (11%)

 

 Traditional Healers

14 (1%)

13 (2%)

1 (3%)

 

 FCHV

391 (50%)

373 (50%)

18 (47%)

0.590a

  1. aFischer exact test