Table 4 Multivariable analysis of risk factors for early mortality among preterm neonates with RDS admitted at HRRH.

From: Clinical–radiological profile and risk factors for early mortality in preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome in Hoima, Western Uganda

Characteristic

Bivariable analysis

Multivariable analysis

cRR

95% CI

P value

aRR

95% CI

P value

Age at presentation (hrs)

≤ 6 h

Ref

     

> 6 h

1.773

1.481–2.122

< 0.001

1.722

1.433–2.070

< 0.001

Prenatal steroids

No

1.109

0.978–1.258

0.107

1.044

0.945–1.153

0.399

Yes

Ref

     

Birth weight

< 1.5

1.254

1.141–1.379

< 0.001

1.118

1.022–1.223

0.015

1.5+

Ref

     

Delivery mode

SVD

Ref

     

CS

0.902

0.792–1.027

0.119

0.911

0.820–1.011

0.178

Cyanosis

No

Ref

     

Yes

1.198

0.925–1.552

0.172

1.028

0.812–1.302

0.816

  1. cRR = Crude rate ratio, aRR = adjusted rate ratio, CI = Confidence interval.
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