A global study of the association of cesarean rate and the role of socioeconomic status in neonatal mortality rate in the current century

Table 2 The relationship between NMR and each variable after adjusting for all other variables

Variables	Regression coefficient (95% CI)	Standard error	p-value^*
C/S rate	-1.1 (-1.47, -0.73)	0.19	< 0.001
TFR	1.88 (1.28, 2.47)	0.3	< 0.001
HDI	-7.31 (-8.32, -6.3)	0.52	< 0.001
GDP percentage	0.5 (0.02, 0.98)	0.25	0.04
Maternal age at first childbearing	-0.24 (-0.46, -0.021)	0.11	0.03
The interaction between C/S rate and HDI	0.97 (0.37, 1.57)	0.31	0.002
The interaction between C/S rate and GDP	0.38 (-0.16, 0.92)	0.28	0.17

CI Confidence Interval, C/S Cesarean Section, TFR Total Fertility Rate, HDI Human Development Index, GDP Gross Domestic Products
^*Refers to the relationship between NMR and each variable after adjusting for all other variables

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