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Table 1 Participant and parental baseline characteristics (N = 2500)

From: Two year mortality and associated factors in a cohort of children from rural Uganda

 

Dead (n = 152)

Live (n = 2348)

Characteristic

No

%

No

%

Sex (p-value 0.96)

    

 Male

79

52.0

1208

51.8

 Female

73

48.0

1125

48.2

Place of birth (p-value 0.038*)

    

 Health facility yes

71

46.7

1300

55.4

 Not at health facility No

81

53.3

1048

44.6

Mode of delivery (p 0.095)

    

 Caesarian/Assisted

1

0.7

70

3.0

 Normal

151

99.3

2278

97.0

Birth complications (p 0.64)

    

 Yes

3

2.0

61

2.6

 No

149

98.0

2287

97.4

History of household TB contact at Day 0 (p 0.54)

    

 Yes

4

2.6

84

3.6

 No

148

97.4

2264

96.4

Mother’s education level (p 0.53)

    

 None

26

17.1

312

13.3

 Primary

91

59.9

1502

64.0

 Secondary

32

21.1

473

20.1

 University/Tertiary

3

2.0

61

2.6

Mother’s age (p < 0.001*)

    

 13-17 yrs

20

13.2

116

4.9

 18-24 yrs

60

39.5

1044

44.5

 25-29 yrs

27

17.8

507

21.6

 30-34 yrs

30

19.7

390

16.6

 35-39 yrs

9

5.9

165

7.0

 40+ yrs

1

0.7

40

1.7

 Unknown

5

3.3

86

3.7

Mother’s occupation (p o.11)

    

 Occupation of direct income

3

2.0

114

4.9

 No direct income

149

98.0

2234

95.1

Father’s age (p 0.217)

    

 13-17 yrs

2

1.3

7

0.3

 18-24 yrs

27

17.8

387

16.5

 25-29 yrs

28

18.4

466

19.9

 30-34 yrs

20

13.2

408

17.4

 35-39 yrs

20

13.2

355

15.1

 40+ yrs

51

33.6

695

29.6

 Unknown

4

2.6

30

1.3

Father’s education level (p 0.020*)

    

 None

25

16.5

244

10.4

 Primary

71

46.7

1188

50.6

 Secondary

52

34.2

775

30.0

 University/Tertiary

4

2.6

141

6.0

Father’s occupation (p 0.281)

    

 Direct income

48

31.6

843

35.9

 No direct income

104

68.4

1505

64.1

  1. Note: The dead participants were significantly different from the surviving ones in respect of mother’s age, place of birth and father’s education.