Factors Associated with Treatment Outcome of Preterm Babies at Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of preterm babies at presentation to the NICU.

Variable	Categories	(%)
Birth weight (g)	<1000	21/161 (13.04)
	1000-1499	66/161 (40.99)
	1500-2499	73/161 (45.34)
	≥2500	1/161 (0.62)
Gestational age (weeks)	<28	20/187 (10.70)
	28-<32	58/187 (31.02)
	32-37	109/187 (58.29)
Sex	Female	98/188 (52.13)
	Male	90/188 (47.87)
Mode of delivery	C/S	82/189 (44.8)
	SVD	105/189 (55.2)
Age on admission (days)	1-3	144/181 (74.56)
	4-7	12/181 (6.63)
	>7	25/181 (13.81)

N = the total sample;  = the subsample.