Determinants of Neonatal Jaundice among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Public General Hospitals of Central Zone, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2019: a Case-Control Study

Table 3

Neonatal characteristics in public general hospitals of central zone, Tigray, 2019.

Variable	Category	Control ()	Case ()	Total
Sex	Male	116 (64.1%)	57 (62.6%)	173 (63.3%)
	Female	65 (35.9%)	34 (37.4%)	99 (36.4%)
APGAR measured	Yes	111 (61.3%)	60 (65.9%)	171 (62.9%)
	No	70 (38.7%)	31 (34.1%)	101 (37.1%)
Five minute APGAR	Low	79 (71.2%)	45 (75%)	124 (45.6%)
	Normal	32 (28.8%)	15 (25%)	47 (17.3%)
Birth weight	LBW	27 (14.9%)	23 (25.3%)	50 (18.4%)
	Macrocosmic	10 (5.5%)	8 (8.8%)	18 (6.6%)
	Normal	144 (79.6%)	60 (65.9%)	204 (75%)
Feeding option	Not feeding	24 (13.3%)	11 (12.1%)	35 (12.9%)
	Breastfeeding	126 (69.6%)	74 (81.3%)	200 (73.5%)
	Formula feeding	31 (17.1%)	6 (6.6%)	37 (13.6%)
Birth asphyxia	Yes	40 (22.1%)	20 (22%)	60 (22%)
	Unknown	30 (16.6%)	27 (29.7%)	57 (21%)
	No	111 (61.3%)	44 (48.4%)	155 (57%)
Neonatal RH factor	+Ve	102 (56.4%)	59 (64.8%)	161 (70.6%)
	−Ve	35 (19.3%)	32 (35.2%)	67 (29.4%)
	Unknown	44 (24.3%)
Random blood sugar	Hypoglycemia	32 (17.7%)	12 (13.2%)	44 (16.2%)
	Hyperglycemia	14 (7.7%)	6 (1.1%)	15 (5.5%)
	Normal	135 (74.6%)	78 (85.7%)	213 (78.3%)
Outcome	Improved	137 (75.7%)	48 (52.7%)	185 (68.1%)
	Dead	23 (12.7%)	19 (20.9%)	42 (15.4%)
	Referred	21 (11.6%)	24 (26.4%)	45 (16.5%)
Bilirubin level in mg/dl	<15	_	69 (75.8%)	_
	15-19.9	_	17 (18.7%)	_
	20-24.9	_	3 (3.3%)	_
	25-30	_	2 (2.2%)	_

LBW: low birth weight.