The Analysis of Etiology and Risk Factors for 192 Cases of Neonatal Sepsis

Table 1

The constituent ratio of basic data of newborns.

	The sepsis group	The control group	P value
Male	100 (52.1%)	56 (52.83%)	0.930
Gestational age (weeks)	38 (36.6–38.0)	39 (37.6–39.35)	0.014
Premature delivery	38 (19.8%)	—
Full term	154 (80.2%)	106 (100%)
Days after birth (day)	4 (1–28)	2 (1–28)	<0.001
Weight of birth (g)	3050 (2290–3450)	3150 (2630–3450)	0.037
<1500 g	2 (1.0%)	—
<2000 g	14 (7.3%)	—
<2500 g	20 (10.4%)	10 (9.4%)
≥2500 g	156 (81.2%)	96 (90.6%)
Nature of delivery
Natural labour	112 (58.3%)	74 (69.8%)	0.166
Caesarean section	80 (41.7%)	32 (30.2%)
Agar score	10 (9-10)	10 (10-10)	<0.001
4–7 points	4 (2.1%)	—
8–10 points	188 (97.9%)	106 (100%)

Note. All data were presented with the form of quartile or number of cases (%).