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Table 9 multivariate analysis of labor and delivery complications among children with CP aged 2–18 years in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital July – September 2018

From: Cerebral palsy in children: subtypes, motor function and associated impairments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Labor & Delivery complications

Type of CP

Spastic

Dyskinetic/Ataxic

Unclassified

P

OR

95%CI

F

%

F

%

F

%

Fetal Distress

59

88.1

6

9

2

3

0.103

2.044

0.855–4.883

Preterm labor

11

61.1

7

38.9

 

0.014

2.512

1.265–4.988

Instrumental delivery

13

86.7

1

6.7

1

6.7

0.736

1.444

0.171–12.232

Post term delivery

14

87.5

2

12.5

 

0.688

1.556

0.185–13.108

PROM

41

91.1

2

4.4

2

4.4

0.047

1.151

1.011–1.310

Cried immediately after birth

Yes = 40

74.1

12

22.2

2

3.7

 

1.00

 
 

No = 102

85.7

12

10.1

5

4.2

0.071

1.815

00.967–3.408

Bagged after birth

Yes = 67

87

7

9.1

3

3.9

0.533

1.247

0.318–4.890

 

No = 60

76.9

15

19.2

3

3.8

   

Seizure

Yes = 53

86.9

7

11.5

1

1.6

0.452

1.430

0.563–3.635

 

No = 89

79.5

17

15.2

6

5.4

   

Jaundice

Yes = 16

69.6

7

30.4

 

0.064

2.663

0.946–7.497

 

No = 126

84

17

11.3

7

4.7