Factors Associated with Apgar Score among Newborns Delivered by Cesarean Sections at Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa

Table 5

Factors affecting Apgar score at one minute among newborns delivered by cesarean sections from January to March 2016 at Gandhi Memorial Hospital.

Variable	Category		Sig.	COR	AOR
	High score	Low score		95% C.I.	95% C.I.
Type of anesthesia
General	24	22	.021	2.244 (1.375-10.183)	3.668 (.276-10.145)
Spinal	216	82
Skin incision to delivery time
<3 minutes	114	18
>3 minutes	128	84	.032	3.225 (.035-6.218)	3.645 (0.116-26.421)
Birth weight
1.5-2.5 kg	24	72	.112	2.182 (0.024-17.415)	3.418 (2.126-12.099)
2.5-4 kg	216	32
Blood pressure
Normotension	226	94
Hypertension	14	10	.456	.223 (.004-46.839)	1.229 (.012-37.277)