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Table 2 Gestational age, Birth weight distribution of KMC infants

From: Utilization pattern of kangaroo mother care after introduction in eight selected neonatal intensive care units in China

Variable

Preterm infant discharged

Premature discharged that performed KMC, N(%)

Compared with gestational age<28 week or birth weight<1000 g

χ2

P

Total

638

135 (21.2%)

  

Gestational age (week)

< 28

24

12 (50.0%)

28 - < 32

135

76 (56.3%)

0.3

0.6

32- <  34

155

35 (22.6%)

8.1

< 0.01

34 - <  37

324

12 (3.7%)

67.6

< 0.01

χ2

  

171.2

  

P

  

<0.01

  

Birth weight (g)

<  1000

27

13 (48.1%)

1000- < 1500

117

69 (59.0%)

1.0

0.3

1500- < 2000

166

41 (24.7%)

6.3

0.01

2000- < 2500

191

10 (5.2%)

41.7

< 0.01

≥2500

137

3 (2.2%)

49.0

< 0.01

χ2

  

171.0

  

P

  

<0.01

  
  1. KMC Kangaroo mother care; %, KMC premature/preterm infant discharged; χ2, Chi-squared test