Table 3 Association between baseline characteristics and outcome
From: Mortality among very low birth weight infants after hospital discharge in a low resource setting
Characteristics | Total 164 (%) | Died N = 32(%) | Survived 132(%) | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age | ||||
< 20 years | 23 (14.0) | 4 (17.4) | 19 (82.6) | |
≥ 20 years | 141 (86.0) | 28 (20.0) | 113 (80.0) | 0.78 |
Maternal education | ||||
None | 7 (4.3) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 0.54 |
Primary | 49 (29.9) | 6 (12.2) | 43 (87.2) | |
Secondary | 81 (49.4) | 20 (24.7) | 61 (75.3) | 0.10 |
Tertiary | 27 (16.5) | 4 (14.8) | 23 (85.2) | |
Maternal income/month | ||||
Unemployed/nil | 77 (47.0) | 14 (18.2) | 63 (81.8) | |
30-100 K | 84 (51.2) | 3 (10.0) | 27 (90.0) | |
> 100 k | 3 (1.8) | 15 (26.3) | 42 (73.7) | 0.11 |
Maternal parity | ||||
Primiparous | 52 (31.7) | 10 (19.2) | 42 (80.8) | |
2–4 | 89 (54.3) | 17 (19.1) | 72 (80.9) | |
> 4 | 23 (14.0) | 5 (21.7) | 18 (78.3) | 0.77 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 71 (43.3) | 18 (25.3) | 53 (74.7) | 0.10 |
Female | 93 (56.7) | 14 (15.0) | 79 (85.0) | |
Discharge weight | ||||
< 1000 g | 37 (22.6) | 13 (34.1) | 24 (64.9) | 0.008 |
1000-1199 g | 73 (44.5) | 13 (17.8) | 60 (82.2) | |
≥ 1200 g | 54 (32.9) | 6 (11.1) | 48 (88.9) | |
Postmenstrual age at discharge | ||||
< 35 weeks | 95 (57.9) | 25 (26.3) | 70 (73.7) | 0.012 |
≥ 35 weeks | 69 (42.1) | 7 (10.1) | 62 (89.9) | |
Period in KMC | ||||
< 1 Week | 130 (79.3) | 20 (15.4) | 110 (84.6) | |
1-2 weeks | 29 (17.7) | 9 (31.0) | 20 (69.0) | 0.09 |
> 2 weeks | 5 (3.0) | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0.04 |
KMC support | ||||
Supported | 34 (79.3) | 5 (15.6) | 29 (84.4) | |
Not supported | 130 (20.7) | 27 (20.7) | 103 (79.3) | 0.43 |
HIV exposure | ||||
Yes | 30 (18.3) | 7 (23.3) | 23 (76.6) | 0.56 |
No | 134 (81.7) | 25 (18.6) | 109 (81.3) | |
Parents living together | ||||
Yes | 139 (84.8) | 24 (17.3) | 115 (82.7) | |
No | 25 (15.2) | 8 (32.0) | 17 (68.0) | 0.09 |
SGA | ||||
Yes | 98 (59.8) | 11 (11.2) | 87 (88.8) | |
No | 66 (40.2) | 21 (31.8) | 45 (68.2) | 0.001 |