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Table 3 Bivariate and Multivariate Cox-proportional hazard regression for the first 3 days neonatal mortality in Amhara regional state referral hospitals, Northern Ethiopia

From: Incidence and determinants of neonatal mortality in the first three days of delivery in northwestern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

Variables

Outcome

CHR (95%CI)

AHR (95%CI)

Died

Censored

Parity

1 child

38(4.69)

292(36.05)

1.0

1.0

2–4 children

48(5.93)

292(36.05)

1.26[.82, 1.93]

1.20[0.74, 1.94]

5 children & above

36(4.44)

(104)12.84

2.25[1.43, 3.56] **

0.92 [0.52, 1.64]

Gestational age for the first antenatal care visit

≤16 weeks

34(4.42)

343(44.55)

1.0

1.0

17 to 28 weeks

62(8.05)

307(39.87)

1.84[1.21, 2.80] *

1.67[1.02, 2.73] *

>  28 weeks

10(1.30)

14(1.82)

4.49[2.22, 9.10] **

1.21[0.51, 2.84]

Monitored with partograph

Yes

63(7.78)

598(73.83)

1.0

1.0

No

59(7.28)

90(11.11)

4.48[3.13, 6.39] **

2.66[1.70, 4.15] **

Maternal mode of admission

Direct admission

44(5.43)

437()

.37[.25, .53] **

0.61[0.38, 0.97] *

Referral

78(9.63)

251(30.99)

1.0

1.0

Mothers complications within 24 h

Abdominal distension

23(2.84)

68(8.40)

2.63[1.63, 4.26] **

1.24[.67, 2.32]

PPH

34(4.20)

38(4.69)

5.79[3.79, 83] **

2.88[1.69, 4.89] **

Fistula

5(0.62)

4(0.49)

6.59[2.64, 16.43] **

3.75[1.23, 11.43] *

No complication

60(7.41)

578(71.36)

1.0

1.0

Obstructed Labor

Yes

74(9.14)

196(24.20)

2.78[1.93, 4.01] **

2.14[1.35, 3.38] *

No

48(5.93)

492(60.74)

1.0

1.0

Maternal first Delay

<  1 h

55(6.79)

560(69.14)

.25[.17, .36] **

0.61[0.37, 0.98] *

≥1 h

67(8.27)

128(15.80)

 

1.0

  1. **p < 0.001, *p < 0.05, CHR- crude hazard ratio, AHR-adjusted hazard ratio and CI-confidence interval, the bold indicates significant variables