Research Article
Vitamin D Status and Associated Factors in Neonates in a Resource Constrained Setting
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| Characteristic | Frequency (n = 170) | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | | | Male | 88 | 51.8 | Female | 82 | 48.2 | Gestational Age, weeks | | | <37 | 62 | 36.5 | 37 – 42 | 106 | 62.3 | > 42 | 2 | 1.2 | Birth Weight, grams | | | < 1500 | 4 | 2.4 | 1500 – 2499 | 38 | 22.3 | ≥ 2500 | 128 | 75.3 | Breast feeding (BF) | | | BF + Colostrum | 85 | 50.0 | BF – Colostrum | 8 | 4.7 | No BF | 77 | 45.3 |
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