Table 4: Relationship between severity of anemia and neonatal and maternal factors.
|
Parameters |
No anemia |
Mild anemia |
Moderate anemia |
Severe anemia |
p |
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|
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
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|
Age of Newborns |
< 0.01 |
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|
At birth |
17 |
45.9 |
8 |
21.6 |
7 |
18.9 |
5 |
13.5 |
|
|
D1-D7 |
26 |
65.0 |
9 |
22.5 |
4 |
10.0 |
1 |
2.5 |
|
|
D8-D15 |
1 |
11.1 |
2 |
22.2 |
4 |
44.4 |
2 |
22.2 |
|
|
D16-D28 |
4 |
28.6 |
3 |
21.4 |
4 |
28.6 |
3 |
21.4 |
|
|
Birth Weight |
0.4 |
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|
Very Low Birth Weight |
4 |
80.0 |
1 |
20.0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
|
Low Birth Weight |
23 |
51.2 |
6 |
13.3 |
10 |
22.2 |
6 |
13.3 |
|
|
Normal Birth Weight |
19 |
40.4 |
14 |
29.8 |
9 |
19.2 |
5 |
10.6 |
|
|
High Birth Weight |
2 |
66.7 |
1 |
33.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
|
Number of Prenatal Visits (PNV) |
0.3 |
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|
None |
7 |
70.0 |
1 |
10.0 |
2 |
20.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
|
≤ 3 PNV |
15 |
37.5 |
8 |
20.0 |
11 |
27.5 |
6 |
15.0 |
|
|
≥ 4 PNV |
26 |
52.0 |
13 |
26.0 |
6 |
12.0 |
5 |
10.0 |
|
|
Number of IPT-SP Doses |
0.4 |
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|
None |
14 |
53.9 |
5 |
19.2 |
5 |
19.2 |
2 |
7.6 |
|
|
1 Dose |
11 |
47.8 |
6 |
26.1 |
2 |
8.7 |
4 |
17.4 |
|
|
2 Doses |
14 |
50.0 |
7 |
25.0 |
5 |
17.9 |
2 |
7.1 |
|
|
3 Doses |
9 |
39.1 |
4 |
17.4 |
7 |
30.5 |
3 |
13.0 |
|