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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of children discharged from the neonatal unit

From: Health, nutrition, and development of children born preterm and low birth weight in rural Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall

Alive and assessed

Lost to follow-up

Died between discharge and follow-up

p-value

Total number of children, N (%)

158 (100)

86 (54.4)

63 (39.9)

9 (5.7)

 

Male gender, n (%)

73 (46.2)

42 (48.8)

29 (46.0)

2 (22.2)

0.320

Birth weight in grams, median (IQR)

1650 (1450–1850)

1650 (1500–1850)

1700 (1420–1900)

1500 (1300–1600)

0.124

Birth weight Status (n = 155), n (%)

    

0.106

 Extremely low birth weight (ELBW)

3 (1.9)

0

3 (4.8)

0

 

 Very low birth weight (VLBW)

37 (23.9)

17 (20.5)

16 (25.4)

4 (44.4)

 

 Low birth weight (LBW)

115 (74.2)

66 (79.5)

44 (69.8)

5 (55.6)

 

Gestational age (n = 94), median (IQR)

33 (32–35)

33 (32–35)

33 (31–34)

31 (30–33)

0.060

Prematurity Category (n = 94), n (%)

    

0.025

 Very preterm (<32 weeks)

23 (24.5)

7 (12.7)

13 (39.4)

3 (50.0)

 

 Moderate/late preterm (32 to <37 weeks)

61 (64.9)

41 (74.6)

17 (51.5)

3 (50.0)

 

 Term (> = 37 weeks)

10 (10.6)

7 (12.7)

3 (9.1)

0

 

Size at Birth (n = 93), n (%)

    

1.128

 Small for gestational age

47 (50.5)

32 (59.3)

13 (39.4)

2 (33.3)

 

 Average for gestational age

46 (49.5)

22 (40.7)

20 (60.6)

4 (66.7)

 

Overall risk category (n = 93), n (%)

    

0.391

 Term and small for gestational age

9 (9.7)

7 (13.0)

2 (6.1)

0

 

 Preterm and small for gestational age

38 (40.9)

25 (46.3)

11 (33.3)

2 (33.3)

 

 Preterm and not small for gestational age

46 (49.6)

22 (40.7)

20 (60.6)

4 (66.7)

 

Age at admission, n (%)

    

0.452

 0 days, n (%)

121 (78.1)

66 (78.6)

48 (77.4)

7 (77.8)

 

 1 day, n (%)

18 (11.6)

12 (14.3)

5 (8.1)

1 (11.1)

 

  > 1 day, n (%)

16 (10.3)

6 (7.1)

9 (14.5)

1 (11.1)

 

Days spent in neonatal unit, median (IQR)

12 (5–21)

12 (5–19)

13 (4–21)

23 (11–29)

0.154