Research Article

Factors Associated with Treatment Outcome of Preterm Babies at Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Table 2

Comorbidities of preterm babies at presentation to the NICU.

VariableCategories (%)

SepsisYes22/192 (11.46)
No170/192 (88.54)
HypothermiaYes130/192 (67.71)
No62/192 (32.29)
HypoglycemiaYes25/192 (13.02)
No167/192 (86.98)
RDSYes83/192 (43.23)
No109/192 (56.77)
Neonatal jaundiceYes63/192 (32.81)
No129/192 (67.19)

N = the total sample;  = the subsample.