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Table 3 Associated factors for neonatal NNM using simple logistic regression

From: Prevalence of neonatal near miss and associated factors in Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Crude OR

(95% CI)

Wald Stata (df)b

P value

Mother’s age (year)

0.93

(0.87, 0.99)

4.23 (1)

0.040

Age of marriage (year)

0.94

(0.86, 1.04)

1.42 (1)

0.232

Duration of marriage (year)

0.95

(0.89, 1.02)

1.75 (1)

0.186

Ethnicity

 Muslim

2.53

(1.31, 4.88)

0.01 (1)

0.006

 Terai/Madhesi

1

   

 Dalits

1.33

(0.70, 2.53)

0.78 (1)

0.376

 Janajati

1.02

(0.53, 1.95)

0.00 (1)

0.951

 Brahmin/Chettri/Newar

0.59

(0.20, 1.75)

0.88 (1)

0.376

Place of residence

 Urban municipality

1

   

 Rural municipality

0.84

(0.52, 1.35)

0.49 (1)

0.482

Wealth quintile

 Lowest

2.05

(0.84, 5.01)

2.48 (1)

0.115

 Fourth

2.30

(1.14, 4.62)

5.49 (1)

0.019

 Middle

1

   

 Second

1.14

(0.62, 2.10)

1.71 (1)

0.679

 Highest

0.80

(0.40, 1.60)

0.40 (1)

0.527

Mother’s education

 None

1.79

(0.95, 3.37)

3.28 (1)

0.070

 Primary

1.42

(0.81, 2.48)

1.54 (1)

0.215

 Secondary

1

   

 Tertiary

0.38

(0.13, 1.08)

3.32 (1)

0.378

Father’s education

 None

1.83

(0.96, 3.50)

3.34 (1)

0.067

 Primary

1.92

(1.07, 3.45)

4.85 (1)

0.028

 Secondary

1

   

 Tertiary

0.62

(0.28, 1.36)

1.41 (1)

0.236

Mother’s occupation

 Housewife

1

   

 Others

0.84

(0.29, 2.38)

0.11 (1)

0.743

Father’s occupation

 Unskilled manual

1

   

 Sales and services

0.65

(0.37, 1.13)

2.32 (1)

0.127

 Others

0.68

(0.31, 1.47)

0.95 (1)

0.328

Father’s smoking status

 No

1

   

 Yes

0.73

(0.41, 1.28)

1.19 (1)

0.275

Sex of newborn

 Boy

1

   

 Girl

0.89

(0.56, 1.40)

0.26 (1)

0.609

Mode of birth

 Vaginal birth

1

   

 Cesarean section

0.47

(0.21, 1.03)

3.55 (1)

0.060

Pre-pregnancy BMI

 Normal

1

   

 Underweight

1.09

(0.60, 1.98)

0.09 (1)

0.761

 Overweight

0.82

(0.32, 2.12)

0.16 (1)

0.687

Parity

 Nulliparous

1

   

 Multiparous

0.61

(0.38, 0.98)

4.14

0.042

Number of ANC

  ≤ 3 visits

1

   

  ≥ 4 visits

0.73

(0.45, 1.16)

1.78 (1)

0.181

SMM

 Absent

1

   

 Present

3.67

(1.74, 7.72)

11.72 (1)

0.001

Obstetric haemorrhage

 Absent

1

   

 Present

1.47

(0.33, 6.51)

0.26 (1)

0.612

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

 Absent

1

   

 Present

6.23

(2.27, 17.07)

12.63 (1)

0.000

Severe management indicators

 Absent

1

   

 Present

1.47

(0.33, 6.51)

0.26 (1)

0.612

  1. Note: BMI body mass index, ANC antenatal care, SMM severe maternal morbidity
  2. a Wald Statistics
  3. b Degree of freedom