Research Article

Determinants of Low Fifth Minute Apgar Score among Newborn Delivered in Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Factors associated with low fifth minute Apgar score in newborn delivered at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, 2018.

VariablesLow 5th minute APGAR scoreBivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
YesNoChi-square () valueAOR (95% CI) value

Maternal education
 Illiterate12911.840.1130.32 (0.05-1.85)0.205
 Primary13880.33 (0.6-1.88)0.216
 Secondary12820.36 (0.05-2.26)0.36
 Collage and above347111
Gravidity
 Primigravida13672.310.1291.66 (0.02-118.3)0.815
 Multigravida2724111
Duration of labor
 Normal332625.630.2110.24 (0.22-0.55)0.022
 Prolonged74611
History of stillbirth
 Yes4151.800.1794.5 (0.09-2.20)0.326
 No3629311
Number of ANC visits
 1 times71712.340.1132.71 (0.57-12.89)0.210
 2-3 times191572.36 (0.44-12.57)0.314
 >4 times91081
Sex of neonate
 Male131574.830.0281.48 (0.57-3.85)0.417
 Female2715111
Smoking
 Current1215.020.1723.31 (0.43-25.41)0.962
 Former1142.21 (0.28-17.32)0.347
 Passive2453.55 (0.82-15.28)0.269
 Never3622811
Maternal khat use
 Yes173923.34<0.003.21 (1.26-8.85)0.024
 No2326911
Presentation
 Vertex2320314.680.0140.85 (0.17-1.52)0.216
 Non-vertex1710511
Condition of labor
 Spontaneous252247.250.1960.45 (0.22-3.41)0.082
 Induced15841
Birth weight
 Low18435.970.0111.65 (1.02-3.11)0.048
 Normal223041

Statistically significant.