Factors Associated with Treatment Outcome of Preterm Babies at Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Table 3
Bivariate analysis of baseline maternal and neonatal characteristics at presentation.
Variable
Categories
Discharged
Died
value
(%)
(%)
Birth weight (g)
<1000
3/21 (14.3)
18/21 (85.7)
<0.0001
1000-1499
33/66 (50.0)
33/66 (50.0)
1500-2499
60/73 (82.2)
13/73 (17.8)
Gestational age (weeks)
<28
4/20 (20.0)
16/20 (80.0)
<0.0001
28-<32
27/58 (46.55)
31/58 (53.45)
32-37
81/108 (75.0)
27/108 (25.0)
Sex
Male
57/89 (64.0)
32/89 (36.0)
0.410
Female
57/98 (58.2)
41/98 (41.8)
Age on admission (days)
1-3
83/143 (58.04)
60/143 (41.96)
0.072
4-7
9/12 (75)
3/12 (25)
>7
20/25 (80)
5/25 (20)
Mode of delivery
C/S
58/82 (70.7)
24/82 (29.3)
0.078
SVD
57/101 (56.4)
44/101 (43.6)
Maternal age (years)
≤20
14/17 (82.3)
3/17 (17.7)
0.168
21-30
59/94 (62.8)
35/94 (37.2)
≥31
26/46 (56.5)
20/46 (43.48)
N = number of patients in a category; = number in a category who died or were discharged.
