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Table 2 Represents the antepartum risk factors of birth asphyxia in a tertiary care hospital of Karachi, Pakistan 2013

From: “Risk factors of birth asphyxia”

Serial no

Category

 

Cases N = 123

Control N = 117

CI/95%

P-value

OR

4

Was the mother treated with any of the drugs given below

      
 

a) Glucocorticoid

Yes

3 (2.4%)

0

0.94-1.00

0.08

0.97

No

120 (97.6%)

117

   
 

b) Diuretics

Yes

11 (8.9%)

0

0.86-0.96

<0.01

0.91

No

112 (91.1%)

117

   
 

c) Antimetabolites

Yes

1 (0.8%)

0

0.97-1.00

0.32

0.99

No

122 (99.2%)

117

   
 

d) Ethyl alcohol

Yes

2 (1.6%)

0

0.96-1.00

0.98

0.16

No

121 (98.4%)

117

   
 

e) Adrenergic drugs

Yes

13 (10.6%)

0

0.84-0.95

<0.01

0.89

No

110 (89.4%)

117

   

5

Is the mother

Primigravida

70 (56.9%)

39 (33.3%)

1.56-4.46

<0.01

2.64

Multigravida

53 (43.1%)

78 (66.7%)

   

6

Difference between previous baby and current baby in Multigravida

1-3 years

40 (93%)

65 (97%)

0.06-2.56

0.32

0.41

3-6 years

3 (7.0%)

2 (3%)

   

7

Socioeconomic status

High class

1 (0.8%)

1 (0.9%)

0.07-20.23

0.88

1.24

High middle class

7 (5.7%)

9 (7.7%)

0.55-4.58

0.38

1.59

Low middle class

53 (43.1%)

57 (48.7%)

0.78-2.26

0.28

1.33

Low class

62 (50.4%)

50 (42.7%)

Reference

0.25

1.80

8

History of abortion

One abortion

17 (13.8%)

18 (15.4%)

0.67-2.61

0.51

1.27

Two abortion

4 (3.3%)

11 (9.4%)

1.01-10.74

0.47

3.30

Three abortion

0

2 (1.7%)

N/A

  

Four abortion

0

1 (0.9%)

N/A

  

No abortion

102 (82.9%)

75 (82.6%)

 

0.21

0.83

  1. Threshold of significance is 0.05.
  2. All significant values were in bold letters.