Table 2

Clinical and other characteristics of low birthweight early neonates admitted to Northwest Ethiopia CSH from 19 September 2021 to 1 January 2023) (N=405)

Variable		Frequency	Per cent
Sex	Male	218	53.83
Sex	Female	187	46.17
Age of the neonate at admission in days	≤1	279	68.89
	2–3	76	18.77
	4–7	50	12.35
Gestational age in a week	˂ 37	279	68.89
Gestational age in a week	≥37	126	31.11
Birth weight	≤999	21	5.19
	1000–1499	84	20.74
	1500–2499	300	74.07
Breast feeding	Yes	384	94.81
Breast feeding	No	21	5.91
First minute APGAR score	˂7	153	37.78
First minute APGAR score	≥7	252	62.22
Fifth minute APGAR score	˂7	46	11.36
Fifth minute APGAR score	≥7	359	88.64
Sepsis	Yes	283	69.88
Sepsis	No	122	30.12
PNA	Yes	56	13.83
PNA	No	349	86.17
NEC	Yes	17	4.20
NEC	No	388	95.80
Jaundice	Yes	61	15.06
Jaundice	No	344	84.94
Congenital anomaly	Yes	22	5.42
Congenital anomaly	No	383	94.57
Hypothermia	Yes	155	38.27
Hypothermia	No	250	61.73
IUGR	Yes	17	4.20
IUGR	No	388	95.80
Hypoglycaemia	Hypoglycaemic	14	3.46
Hypoglycaemia	Non-hypoglycaemic	391	96.54

APGAR, Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration; CSH, Comprehensive Specialised Hospital; IUGR, intrauterine growth restriction; NEC, necrotising entero colitis; PNA, perinatal asphyxia.