Variables

Maternal age

<20 years

20 - 25 years

% (n = 285)

% (n = 1394)

Odds ratio (CI 95%)

p

Preterm birth (<37 weeks)

17.89 (51)

10.25 (143)

1.94 [1.34 - 2.79]

0.000

Prolonged pregnancy (>41 weeks)

3.15 (09)

2.72 (38)

1.18 [0.56 - 2.46]

0.659

Birth weight (Mean ± SD)

2967.82 g ± 622

3086 g ± 542

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0.04

Low birth weight < 2500 g

17.89 (51)

9.89 (138)

1.98 [1.39 - 2.81]

0.001

Very low birth weight < 1500 g

2.10 (6)

1.50 (21)

1.46 [0.52 - 3.85]

0.419

Fetal distress

2.10 (6)

2.36 (33)

0.89 [0.33 - 2.24]

0.789

Low Apgar score (<7 at 1^st min)

12.28 (35)

13.62 (190)

0.88 [0.59 - 1.32]

0.530

Low Apgar score (<7 at 5^th min)

1.05 (03)

2.00 (28)

0.57 [0.13 - 2.03]

0.450

Admission to NICU^*

16.14 (46)

16.42 (229)

0.98 [0.68 - 1.40]

0.899

Intrauterine fetal death

1.05 (3)

0.71 (10)

1.47 [0.26 - 5.76]

0.472

Neonatal death

0.70 (2)

0.14 (2)

4.92 [0.49 - 48.88]

0.136