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Table 4 Perinatal outcome of current delivery according to three shifts of 24 h

From: Is time of birth a predictor of adverse perinatal outcome? A hospital-based cross-sectional study in a low-resource setting, Tanzania

Perinatal outcome

Time of delivery (Shifts)

 

Morning

Evening

Night

 

N = 780(%)

OR (95%CI)

N = 577(%)

OR(95%CI)

P-Value

N = 1279(%)

OR(95%CI)

P-value

Apgar Score < 7 at 5thmin

57 (7.3)

1

44 (7.6)

1.05 (0.09–1.58)

0.83

134 (10.4)

1.48 (1.07–2.04)

0.02

END

25 (3.2)

1

18 (3.1)

0.97 (0.53–1.79)

0.93

69 (5.3)

1.70 (1.07–2.72)

0.03

FSB

35 (4.4)

1

29 (5.01)

1.16 (0.69–1.93)

0.65

105 (8.2%)

1.95 (1.31–2.90)

0.001