Table 2 Relationships between newborn outcomes and maternal characteristics
From: Outcomes of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and associated factors at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
Characteristic | Discharged, N = 2051 | Died, N = 181 | Overall, N = 2231 | p-value2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mother’s age (years) | 29 (25, 34) | 30 (27, 33) | 29 (25, 34) | 0.751 |
Marital Status, single | 46(22.4) | 4(22.2) | 50(22.4) | > 0.999 |
No formal education | 11(5.4) | 2(11.1) | 13(5.8) | 0.282 |
Unemployed | 45(22.0) | 3(16.7) | 48(21.5) | 0.770 |
Monthly income < GH S 320 | 70(49.3) | 5(38.5) | 75(48.4) | 0.454 |
Delivery at KATH | 101(49.3) | 5(27.8) | 106(47.5) | 0.080 |
Vaginal delivery | 119(58.0) | 12(66.7) | 131(58.7) | 0.476 |
Primiparous mother | 98(47.8) | 3(16.7) | 101(45.3) | 0.011 |
Positive rhesus factor | 177(89.8) | 16(88.9) | 193(89.8) | > 0.999 |
Previous Neonatal Jaundice | 35(17.1) | 3(16.7) | 38(17.0) | > 0.999 |
Health Insurance coverage | 184(89.8) | 16(88.9) | 200(89.7) | > 0.999 |
Maternal Diabetes | 6(2.9) | 1(5.6) | 7(3.1) | 0.450 |
Maternal Eclampsia | 15(7.3) | 0(0.0) | 15(6.7) | 0.617 |
Maternal Hypertension | 10(4.9) | 0(0.0) | 10(4.5) | > 0.999 |
Maternal Sickle Cell Disease | 4(2.0) | 0(0.0) | 4(1.8) | > 0.999 |
Maternal syphilis | 3(1.5) | 0(0.0) | 3(1.3) | > 0.999 |
Maternal asthma | 1(0.5) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.4) | > 0.999 |
Maternal deafness | 1(0.5) | 0(0.0) | 1(0.4) | > 0.999 |
G6PD | 36(17.6) | 3(16.7) | 39(17.5) | > 0.999 |