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Table 2 Unadjusted association between neonatal sepsis and maternal factors among mother-infant dyads in Kampala District, 2012

From: Burden and factors associated with clinical neonatal sepsis in urban Uganda: a community cohort study

Variable

Neonatal sepsis

OR(95% CI)

P- value

Yes n (%)a

No n (%)a

Maternal age in years

 15–25 years

21 (60.0)

153

1

 

 26–41 years

14 (40.0)

129

0.79 (0.39–1.62)

0.520

Maternal education

 None or Primary

16 (45.7)

110 (39.0)

1

 

 Secondary

15 (42.9)

138 (48.9)

0.75 (0.35–1.58)

0.444

 Tertiary

4 (11.4)

34 (12.1)

0.81 (0.25–2.59)

0.721

Paternal financial support

 Yes

27 (77.1)

262 (93.2)

1

 

 No

8 (22.9)

19 (06.8)

4.09 (1.60–10.39)

0.0013

Attended antenatal

  < 4 times

17 (50.0)

143 (51.1)

1

 

  ≥ 4 times

17 (50.0)

137 (48.9)

1.04 (0.51–2.13)

0.906

Fever during pregnancy

 No

18 (51.4)

135 (48.8)

1

 

 Yes

17 (48.6)

147 (51.2)

0.87 (0.43–1.75)

0.692

Abnormal PV discharge

 No

26 (74.3)

184 (65.3)

1

 

 Yes

9 (25.7)

98 (34.7)

0.65 (0.29–1.45)

0.287

Dysuria during pregnancy

 No

28 (80.0)

206 (73.0)

1

 

 Yes

7 (20.0)

76 (27.0)

0.68 (0.28–1.62)

0.378

PV Bleeding during pregnancy

 No

32 (91.4)

263 (93.6)

1

 

 Yes

3 (08.6)

18 (06.4)

1.37 (0.38–4.92)

0.628

Place of delivery

 Health facility

32 (91.4)

209 (95.4)

1

 

 Not health facility

3 (08.6)

13 (04.6)

1.94 (0.52–7.20)

0.313

Duration of rupture of membranes

  < 18 h

23 (67.6)

269 (96.1)

1

 

  ≥ 18 h

11 (32.4)

11 (03.9)

11.7 (4.30–31.83)

< 0.0001

  1. OR Odds ratio, PV Par vaginal
  2. ∞Significant p value
  3. aColumn percentage