Table 3 Odds Ratio for Risk Factors between Sepsis and Non-Sepsis Patients
From: Predictive model for bacterial late-onset neonatal sepsis in a tertiary care hospital in Thailand
Variables | OR | 95% CI | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic | |||
 • Sex (male: female) | 1.3 | 0.672–2.364 | 0.47$ |
 • Length of hospital stay before sepsis (< 7:> 7 days) | 4.3 | 2.209–8.308 | < 0.001* |
Antepartum history | |||
  • Race (Thai: non-Thai) | 1.5 | 0.270–8.550 | 0.327$ |
 • Smoking (Yes: No) | 3.0 | 0.187–49.472 | 0.438$ |
 • Chronic disease of mother (Yes: No) | 1.0 | 0.374–2.671 | 0.218$ |
 • High risk pregnancy (Yes: No) | 2.7 | 1.434–5.188 | 0.002$ |
 • Long term drug user (Yes: No) | 1.0 | 0.196–5.114 | 1.00$ |
Intrapartum history | |||
 • Mode of delivery I (Caesarian section: non-operative) | 1.0 | 0.53–1.888 | 0.561$ |
 • Mode of delivery II (Non-spontaneous: spontaneous) | 1.0 | 0.547–1.926 | 0.662$ |
 • Premature rupture of membrane (Yes: No) | 2.2 | 0.857–5.815 | 0.105$ |
 • Chorioamnionitis (Yes: No) | 1.1 | 0.110–10.680 | 1.00$ |
 • Smelly amniotic fluid (Yes: No) | 1.6 | 0.145–18.742 | 0.555$ |
 • Fever of mother (Yes: No) | 2.1 | 0.345–13.093 | 0.597$ |
 • Steroid injection before birth (Yes: No) | 0.4 | 0.203–0.737 | 0.003$ |
 • Antibiotics before birth (Yes: No) | 0.8 | 0.39–1.467 | 0.279$ |
 • Prematurity (20–36 weeks: 37<) | 0.7 | 0.374–1.330 | 0.542* |
 • Intracranial hemorrhage (Yes: No) | 3.4 | 1.277–9.149 | 0.019$ |
 • Resuscitation (Yes: No) | 2.1 | 1.084–3.916 | 0.026$ |
Postpartum history | |||
 • Icterus after birth (Yes: No) | 1.3 | 0.428–3.812 | 0.770$ |
 • Seizure (Yes: No) | 1.5 | 0.134–17.000 | 1.00$ |
 • Breastfed (Yes: No) | 1.6 | 0.781–3.128 | 0.205$ |