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

Table 6

Factors affecting Apgar score at five minutes among newsborns delivered by cesarean sections under general and spinal anesthesia from January to March 2016 at Gandhi Memorial Hospital.

Variable	Category		Sig.	COR	AOR
	High score	Low score		95% C.I.	95% C.I.
Gestational age
Term	292	18
Postterm	12	14	0.02	.037 (.4612-5.483)	3.824 (.024-26.94)
Preterm	6	12	0.03	2.17 (.272-10.332)	5.477 (.313-38.12)
Uterine incision to delivery time
<3 minutes	118	14
>3 minutes	182	30	.012	.126 (.025-10.482)	4.65 (2.134-16.463)
Birth weight
1.5-2.5 kg	80	16	.215	1.122 (.574-23.135)	3.156 (.026-18.352)
2.5-4 kg	220	28
Blood pressure
Normotension	290	32
Hypertension	12	12	.034	.187 (.277-11.453)	5.289 (.147-28.35)
Gestational type
Single	288	36
Multiple	12	8	.236	1.23 (.012-4.45)	1.477 (0.024-12.84).