Prevalence and Associated Factors of Perinatal Asphyxia among Neonates in General Hospitals of Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018

Table 1

Bivariate regression on antepartum associated factors of perinatal asphyxia among neonates in general hospitals of Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018.

Variable	No Perinatal asphyxia	Perinatal asphyxia	COR (95)	p-value
Maternal age
15-24	105	24	0.80(0.47-1.38)	0.433
25-34	187	53	1
35-49	36	16	1.57(0.81-3.04)	0.184
Educational status
Illiterate	79	34	1.81(1.11-2.97)	0.017
Literate	249	59	1
Parity status of the mother
Primigravida	127	38	1.09(0.68-1.75)	0.71
Multigravida	201	55	1
ANC follow up
Yes	323	88	1
No	5	5	3.67(1.04-12.96	0.043
History of abortion
Yes	65	25	1.49(0.87-2.53)	0.144
No	263	68	1
Maternal comorbidity during pregnancy
Hypertension
Yes	5	7	5.26(1.63-16.97)	0.006
No	323	86	1
Anaemia
Yes	10	17	7.11(3.13-16.15)	0
No	318	76	1
Preeclampsia
Yes	16	18	4.68(2.28-9.60)	0
No	312	75	1
Eclampsia
Yes	8	9	4.29(1.60-11.44)	0.004
No	320	84	1
Antepartum haemorrhage
Yes	15	20	5.71(2.80-11.70)	0
No	313	73	1