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Table 2 Risk factors associated with neonatal mortality: odds ratios (ORs) associated with standardised and unstandardised variables

From: Developing practical clinical tools for predicting neonatal mortality at a neonatal intensive care unit in Tanzania

Variables

Covariate

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

Standardised

Birthweight (kg)

0.33

0.199–0.518

Asphyxia

3.23

1.251–8.912

Oxygen saturation (%)

0.66

0.449–0.939

Heart rate (bmp)

1.59

1.103–2.351

Temperature (Celsius)

0.61

0.397–0.898

Unstandardised

Birthweight (kg)

0.30

0.178–0.495

Asphyxia

3.23

1.251–8.912

Oxygen saturation (%)

0.94

0.885–0.990

Heart rate (bmp)

1.03

1.005–1.048

Temperature (Celsius)

0.52

0.303–0.870