Table 5: Distribution of hypoglycemia in the present study according to birth weight of the neonates (n = 75).
|
BIRTH WEIGHT (N=75) |
HYPOGLYCEMIA ABSENT |
HYPOGLYCEMIA PRESENT |
p-value |
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|
Number of newborns |
Percentage of newborns |
Number of newborns |
Percentage of newborns |
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|
Low Birth Weight (N = 38) |
29 |
76.3% |
9 |
23.7% |
0.004 |
|
Normal Birth Weight (N = 27) |
23 |
85.2% |
4 |
14.8% |
0.002 |
|
MACROSOMIC (N = 10) |
8 |
80% |
2 |
20% |
0.1 |