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Table 2 Relationship between prevalence of external birth defects and selected live births characteristics

From: External birth defects in southern Vietnam: a population-based study at the grassroots level of health care in Binh Thuan province

Live births characteristics

External birth defects n = 84 (%)

Prevalence 1,000 live births

PR

95% CI

P value

Birth weight

     

  < 2500g

17 (20.2)

23.55

4.75

2.81 – 8.03

<0.001

  ≥ 2500g

67 (79.8)

5.06

1

-

 

Gestational age

     

  < 37 weeks

13 (15.5)

11.61

2.09

1.17 – 3.27

0.012

  ≥ 37 weeks

71 (84.5)

5.57

1

-

 

AFGAR score at 5 minutes

    

  < 7

21 (25.0)

23.60

4.89

2.95 – 7.87

<0.001

  ≥ 7 

63 (75.0)

4.82

1

-

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