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Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of sepsis-related neonatal mortality among neonate admitted in NICU at Durame General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2020

From: Predictors of mortality among neonates hospitalized with neonatal sepsis: a case control study from southern Ethiopia

Variables

Responses

Case

Count (%)

Control

Count (%)

COR

AOR(95%CI)

Respiratory distress

Yes

29(52.7)

57(34.8)

2.09

2.72(1.31, 5.61)

No

26(47.3)

107(65.2)

1

1

Estimated gestational age

< 37

weeks

33(60)

46(28)

3.85

4.64(2.17, 9.9)

≥37

weeks

22(40)

118(72)

1

1

Convulsion

Yes

11(20.0)

14(8.5)

2.68

3.13(1.12, 8.76)

No

44(80.0)

150(91.5)

1

1

Poor feeding

Yes

46(83.6)

106(64.6)

2.79

4.15(1.64, 10.49)

No

9(16.4)

58(35.4)

1

1