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Table 3 Neonatal outcomes of primipara adolescent deliveries compared with multipara adolescent deliveries in the Bamenda Regional Hospital from November 2015–January 2016

From: Adolescent deliveries in semi-urban Cameroon: prevalence and adverse neonatal outcomes

Outcomes

Primiparas

Multiparas

OR

95% CI

p value

Frequency

(%)

Frequency

(%)

Asphyxia (Apgar <7)

4

6.7

2

25.0

4.7

0.7–31.0

0.1

Severe asphyxia (Apgar <3)

1

12.5

2

3.3

4.1

0.3–51.8

0.3

Low birth weight

0

0

12

19.7

0.2

High birth weight

3

12.5

1

4.9

0.4

0.03–4.0

0.4

Caesarean sections

10

16.4

3

37.5

3.8

0.7–19.8

0.09