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Table 2 Demographic data of the matched samples

From: Maternal disease factors associated with neonatal jaundice: a case–control study

Characteristics

Study A (4,026 cases)

Study B (3,278 cases)

Jaundice group (366 cases)

Control group (3,660 cases)

p-value

Jaundice group (298 cases)

Control group (2,980 cases)

p-value

Preterm delivery

5 (1.4)

66.00 (1.8)

0.732

2 (0.7)

52.17 (1.8)

0.251

Cesarean section

181 (49.5)

1,376.70 (37.6)

 < 0.001*

138 (46.3)

1,109.80 (37.2)

 < 0.001*

Multiple gestation

11 (3.0)

53.44 (1.5)

0.047*a

7 (2.3)

42.85 (1.4)

0.251b

ANC duration

211.50 ± 48.33

222.31 ± 36.01

 < 0.001*

217.21 ± 41.29

222.16 ± 37.00

0.055c

  1. The number and ratio of cases in each group were presented as N (%), except for the duration of ANC that was expressed as mean ± standard deviation days. The average number of cases and mean p-values from 1,000 matched samples were presented
  2. ANC Antenatal care
  3. * Significance at p-value < 0.05
  4. aP-value from the 670 matched samples were significant, with a mean of 0.027
  5. bP-value from the 15 matched samples were significant, with a mean of 0.031
  6. cP-value from the 541 matched samples were significant, with a mean of 0.032
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