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Table 2 Risk factors of neonatal hypoglycemia in Northern Uganda

From: Prevalence and factors associated with neonatal hypoglycemia in Northern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study

Ā 

Bivariable

Multivariable

Ā 

Unadjusted mean difference (95ā€‰mg/dl% CI)

Adjusted mean difference (95% CI)

Intervention group

ā€ƒControl

0

0

ā€ƒIntervention

āˆ’ā€‰1.6 (āˆ’ā€‰4.1, 0.84)

āˆ’ā€‰1.2 (āˆ’ā€‰3.4, 0.99)

Maternal hyperglycemia

ā€ƒNo

0

0

ā€ƒYes

āˆ’ā€‰0.61 (āˆ’ā€‰7.5, 6.3)

āˆ’ā€‰0.22 (āˆ’ā€‰7.2, 6.7)

Age of neonate

ā€ƒ> 3ā€‰days

Ā 

0

ā€ƒā‰¤ 3ā€‰days

āˆ’ā€‰12.9 (āˆ’ā€‰14.5, āˆ’ā€‰11.2)

āˆ’ā€‰12.2 (āˆ’ā€‰14.0, āˆ’ā€‰10.4)

Maternal antenatal BMI

ā€ƒ< 18.5

1.1 (āˆ’ā€‰8.9, 11.0)

1.1 (āˆ’ā€‰8.0, 10.2)

ā€ƒ18.5-24.9

0

0

ā€ƒ25-29.9

0.37 (āˆ’ā€‰2.2, 2.9)

1.7 (āˆ’ā€‰0.96, 4.3)

ā€ƒā‰„ 30

āˆ’ā€‰0.56 (āˆ’ā€‰7.3, 6.2)

āˆ’ā€‰0.37 (āˆ’ā€‰7.3, 6.6)

Low birth weight (less than 2.5ā€‰kg)

ā€ƒNo

0

0

ā€ƒYes

āˆ’ā€‰0.76 (āˆ’ā€‰4.6, 3.1)

0.48 (āˆ’ā€‰3.1, 4.1)

Bathed baby before visit

ā€ƒNo

0

0

ā€ƒYes

4.8 (3.0, 6.6)

2.3 (0.46, 4.2)

Breastfeeding initiation

ā€ƒEarly

0

0

ā€ƒLate

āˆ’ā€‰2.4 (āˆ’ā€‰4.2, 0.57)

āˆ’ā€‰2.6 (āˆ’ā€‰4.4, āˆ’ā€‰0.79)

Maternal complications during pregnancy

ā€ƒNo

0

0

ā€ƒYes

1.1 (āˆ’ā€‰0.65, 2.9)

āˆ’ā€‰1.2 (āˆ’ā€‰3.5, 1.1)

Neonatal hypothermia

ā€ƒNo

0

0

ā€ƒYes

āˆ’ā€‰1.4 (āˆ’ā€‰3.8, 1.1)

āˆ’ā€‰1.2 (āˆ’ā€‰3.5, 1.1)

Age of mother

ā€ƒā‰¤ 19

0

0

ā€ƒ20-30

1.6 (āˆ’ā€‰0.50, 3.7)

0.76 (āˆ’ā€‰1.3, 2.9)

ā€ƒ> 30

0.30 (āˆ’ā€‰2.2, 2.9)

āˆ’ā€‰0.02 (āˆ’ā€‰2.8, 2.7)

Motherā€™s education

ā€ƒNone

0

0

ā€ƒPrimary

1.2 (āˆ’ā€‰1.4, 3.8)

0.60 (āˆ’ā€‰2.1, 3.3)

ā€ƒā‰„ Secondary

1.7 (āˆ’ā€‰2.1, 5.5)

1.0 (āˆ’ā€‰3.0, 5.0)

Place of birth

ā€ƒHealth facility

0

0

ā€ƒHome

1.3 (āˆ’ā€‰0.65, 3.1)

āˆ’ā€‰0.20 (āˆ’ā€‰2.2, 1.8)

Wealth quintiles

ā€ƒ1 (poorest)

0

0

ā€ƒ2

āˆ’ā€‰0.72 (āˆ’ā€‰3.3, 1.9)

āˆ’ā€‰0.63 (āˆ’ā€‰3.2, 2.0)

ā€ƒ3

āˆ’ā€‰1.4 (āˆ’ā€‰4.2, 1.4)

āˆ’ā€‰1.7 (āˆ’ā€‰4.4, 1.1)

ā€ƒ4

āˆ’ā€‰0.52 (āˆ’ā€‰2.4, 3.4)

0.11 (āˆ’ā€‰2.8, 3.0)

ā€ƒ5 (richest)

āˆ’ā€‰0.30 (āˆ’ā€‰3.1, 2.5)

āˆ’ā€‰0.93 (āˆ’ā€‰3.8, 1.9)