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Table 3 Distribution of Baseline Characteristics in the Intervention and Control Groups Included in the Mortality Analysis

From: The effect of systematic pediatric care on neonatal mortality and hospitalizations of infants born with oral clefts

 

Overall

Isolated

Associated

Variable

Intervention

N = 543

Control

N = 372

Intervention N = 394

Control

N = 305

Intervention

N = 149

Control

N = 67

Maternal Age

26.23

(6.83)

25.50

(6.67)

25.88 (6.58)

25.40 (6.53)

27.14 (7.39)

25.92 (7.30)

Number of prenatal visits

4.74***

(3.54)

5.87

(2.91)

4.47*** (3.56)

5.95 (2.87)

5.47 (3.39)

5.51

(3.09)

Maternal chronic illness

   No (%)

425 (78.7)

291(82.4)

315 (80.6)

237(82.6)

110 (73.8)

54(81.8)

   Yes (%)

115 (21.3)

62 (17.6)

76 (19.4)

50 (17.4)

39 (26.2)

12(18.2)

Ethnic Ancestry

      

   Black (%)

57(10.7)

31 (8.8)

41 (10.5)

26 (9.1)

16 (11.0)

5 (7.7)

   Native American (%)

407 (76.3)

262(74.4)

296 (76.1)

209(72.8)

111 (76.6)

53(71.5)

   Other (%)

70 (13.1)

59 (16.8)

52 (13.4)

52 (18.1)

18 (12.4)

7 (10.7)

Birth weight (grams)

2,976.7*

(648.6)

3,046.6

(670.3)

(797.75)

3,031.9** (618.1)

3,123.8 (631.0)

2,831.0 (704.8)

2,694.8 (733.5)

Gestational age (weeks)

38.75

(2.86)

38.92

(2.74)

38.89* (2.80)

39.19 (2.51)

38.38 (2.97)

37.71 (3.37)

Time of cleft diagnosis

   Prenatal (%)

116

(21.6) ***

38 (10.3)

64 (16.4)***

24 (7.9)

52

(35.4)**

14(21.2)

   Other (%)

421 (78.4)

332(89.7)

326 (83.6)

280(92.1)

95 (64.6)

52 (78.8)

Sex

      

   Male (%)

307 (57.3)

213(57.3)

222 (56.4)

178(58.4)

85 (57.1)

35(52.2)

   Female (%)

236 (43.5)

159(42.7)

172 (43.7)

127(41.6)

64 (43.0)

32(47.8)

Multiple birth

      

   No (%)

529 (97.4)

361(97.3)

381(96.7)

295(97.0)

148 (99.3)

66 (98.5)

   Yes (%)

14 ( 2.6)

10 (2.7)

13 (3.3)

9 (3.0)

1 (0.7)

1 (1.5)

Associated Status

   Isolated (%)

394 (72.6)

305(82.0)

-

-

-

-

   Associated (%)

149 (27.4)

67 (18.0)

-

-

-

-

Type of Cleft

      

   Palate only (%)

142 (26.2)

92 (24.7)

83 (21.1)

66 (21.6)

59 (39.6)

26(38.8)

   Lip only (%)

96 (17.7)

67 (18.0)

88 (22.3)

60 (19.7)

8 (5.4)

7 (10.5)

   Lip and Palate (%)

305 (56.2)

213(57.3)

223 (56.6)

179(58.7)

82 (55.0)

34(50.8)

Type of Delivery

   Cesarean (%)

202 (37.2)

127(34.5)

132 (33.5)

94 (31.2)

70 (47.0)

33(49.3)

   Other

341(62.8)

241(65.5)

262(66.5)

207(68.8)

79 (53.0)

34(50.8)

  1. The Table includes the distribution of study variables in the study intervention and control groups that are included in the mortality analysis. Means and standard deviations (in parentheses) are reported for continuous variables. Counts of observations and percentages (in parentheses) are reported for categorical variables. Significant differences between intervention and control groups are indicated with * at p < 0.1, ** at p < 0.05 and *** at p < 0.01.