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Table 2 Characteristics of newborns

From: Predictors of birth weight in pregnant women with malaria: a prospective cohort facility-based study in Webuye-Kenya

Variables

 

Malaria test

 

Overall, N = 140

Negative, n = 70

Positive, n = 70

p-value

Conception product outcome, n (%)

   

0.820

 Miscarriage

10 (7.1)

4 (5.7)

6 (8.6)

 

 Stillbirth

1 (0.70)

0 (0.00)

1 (1.4)

 

 Alive

125 (89.3)

64 (91.4)

61 (87.1)

 

 Admitted

4 (2.9)

2 (2.9)

2 (2.9)

 

Birthweight for single baby, n (%)

   

0.790

 Very low

1 (0.8)

1 (1.5)

0 (.00)

 

 Low

5 (3.8)

2 (3.0)

3 (4.7)

 

 Normal

119 (91.5)

61 (92.4)

58 (90.6)

 

 Macrosomia

5 (3.8)

2 (3.0)

3 (4.7)

 

Mode of delivery, n (%)

   

0.450

 Normal

115 (88.5)

57 (86.4)

58 (90.6)

 

 CS

15 (11.5)

9 (13.6)

6 (9.4)

 

Sex for single child, n (%)

   

0.830

 Males

52 (40.0)

27 (40.9)

25 (39.1)

 

 Females

78 (60.0)

39 (59.1)

39 (60.9)

 
  1. Conception product outcome, mode of delivery and sex of the child were computed at a p-value < 0.05