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Table 4 Neonatal characteristics, interventions and treatment by neonatal outcome at 28 days

From: Neonatal deaths in rural Karnataka, India 2014–2018: a prospective population-based observational study in a low-resource setting

 

Neonatal mortality

 < 28 Days

Alive at

28 Days

RR (95% CI)b

Wald

p-valueb

Birth weight, N (%)

750

30,184

 

 < .0001

 < 1000 g

108 (14.4)

8 (0.0)

82.63 (75.10, 90.91)

 < .0001

 1000-1499 g

112 (14.9)

130 (0.4)

41.12 (33.90, 49.87)

 < .0001

 1500-2499 g

254 (33.9)

5872 (19.5)

3.68 (3.17, 4.26)

 < .0001

 ≥ 2500 g

276 (36.8)

24,174 (80.1)

Reference

 GA at delivery (weeks)a, Mean (sd)

34.7 (5.7)

38.8 (2.3)

1.28 (1.27, 1.30)

 < .0001

 Preterm, N (%)

364 (48.0)

2871 (9.5)

7.91 (6.92, 9.04)

 < .0001

 Multiple, N (%)

75 (9.9)

497 (1.6)

5.83 (4.51, 7.54)

 < .0001

Essential newborn care

 Baby placed on mother's chest, N (%)

65 (8.8)

7258 (24.1)

0.28 (0.13, 0.57)

0.0006

 Baby bathed within 6 h, N (%)

3 (0.4)

115 (0.4)

1.07 (0.52, 2.24)

0.8480

 Breastfeeding initiation within 1 h, N (%)

128 (17.5)

21,114 (70.0)

0.08 (0.06, 0.11)

 < .0001

Newborn treatment

 Bag and mask resuscitation, N (%)

379 (50.3)

1018 (3.4)

21.88 (18.48, 25.90)

 < .0001

 Antibiotics, N (%)

357 (47.3)

1837 (6.1)

11.81 (9.67, 14.42)

 < .0001

 Oxygen, N (%)

420 (55.6)

1615 (5.4)

18.26 (14.89, 22.39)

 < .0001

 CPAP, N (%)

147 (19.5)

434 (1.4)

13.61 (9.77, 18.98)

 < .0001

 Mechanical ventilation, N (%)

121 (16.0)

153 (0.5)

21.65 (17.00, 27.58)

 < .0001

  1. aRelative risk for a 1-week decrease in gestational age at delivery
  2. bRelative risks and p-values are obtained from log Binomial models as a function of each individual neonatal characteristic using generalized estimating equations to account for the correlation of outcomes within cluster