Neonatal Mortality in Hospitalized Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Subgroup analysis for the neonatal mortality.

Variables	Article (n)	Mortality	95% CI	I^2	Publication bias
					Begg’s test p	Egger’s test p
Year
2000~2009	10	0.053	(0.026, 0.079)	86.30%	0.531	0.001
2010~2017	8	0.010	(0.005, 0.014)	12.90%	0.013	0.003
Gender
Male	18	0.013	(0.008, 0.018)	66.60%	0.000	0.450
Female	18	0.005	(0.002, 0.007)	22.40%	0.000	0.763
Region
Eastern China	10	0.023	(0.110, 0.034)	56.60%	0.016	0.010
Central China	3	0.029	(0.005, 0.053)	88.90%	0.042	0.063
Western China	5	0.026	(0.004, 0.049)	87.10%	0.042	0.194
Gestational age
<28 weeks	18	0.001	(-0.005, 0.007)	0.00%	0.085	0.170
28~32 weeks	18	0.006	(-0.000, 0.011)	0.00%	0.020	0.368
32~37 weeks	18	0.003	(0.000, 0.006)	0.00%	0.000	0.577
37~42 weeks	18	0.004	(0.002, 0.007)	0.00%	0.009	0.994
>42 weeks	18	0.001	(-0.004, 0.006)	0.00%	0.074	0.746
Birth weight
<1000g	18	0.001	(-0.003, 0.005)	0.00%	0.300	0.605
1000~1500g	18	0.003	(-0.001, 0.007)	0.00%	0.002	0.699
1500~2500g	18	0.003	(-0.000, 0.005)	0.00%	0.000	0.263
2500~4000g	18	0.002	(0.001, 0.003)	0.00%	0.005	0.619
>4000g	18	0.000	(-0.003, 0.004)	0.00%	0.005	0.277