Changing the outcomes of newborns with surgical conditions at a tertiary-level hospital in Kenya: a cluster randomized trial

Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the newborns

Variable	Group A (n = 63)	Group B (n = 63)	Test statistic	p-value
Age at admission (hours)			0.312^a
Median (IQR)	99 (77, 128)	112 (75, 137)		0.755
Birth weight (grams)			0.342^a
Median (IQR)	2695 (2160, 3100)	2700 (2300, 3300)		0.732
Weight at admission (grams)			0.161^a
Median (IQR)	2600 (2100, 3000)	2630 (2150, 3100)		0.872
Sex			0.127^b
Male (%)	33 (52.4)	31 (49.2)
Female (%)	30 (47.6)	32 (50.8)		0.722
Gestational age (weeks)			2.154^b
Preterm (< 37), (%)	28 (44.4)	20 (31.7)
Term (≥ 37), (%)	35 (55.6)	43 (68.3)		0.142
Place of birth			0.368^c
Home (%)	7 (11.1)	5 (7.9)
Health facility (%)	56 (88.9)	58 (92.1)		0.544
Birth order			0.141^b
1 (%)	27 (42.9)	30 (47.6)
> 1 (%)	36 (57.1)	33 (52.4)		0.708