Table 3 Multiple linear regression analysis of factors associated with length of hospital stay for very low birth weight preterm neonates admitted to UoGCSH, 2022

Address

Urban

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rural

0.52(0.23–1.15)

1.17(0.97- 1.42)

0.098*

Gestational age (in weeks)

0.44(0.39–0.496)

0.554(0.52—0.595)

0.000***

Management type

CPAP

57.2(16.08–203.23)

1.79(1.11- 2.87)

0.017**

Antibiotics

5.824(1.58–21.46)

1.61(1.07–2.42)

0.024**

Maintenance fluid

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-

Age at feeding initiation( in hours)

1.03(1.02–1.04)

1.002(0.999—1.01)

0.26

Time to reach maximum feeding (in hours)

1.28(1.24–1.33)

1.01(0.98—1.04)

0.463

complication

Hospital acquired sepsis

46.94(24.17–91.14)

1.566(1.12- 2.19)

0.009***

Jaundice

5.27(2.85–9.45)

1.41(1.11- 1.80)

0.006***

Necrotizing enterocolitis

27.88(14.36–54.15)

1.647(1.18- 2.296)

0.004***

No complication

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