Congenital Zika syndrome and living conditions in the largest city of northeastern Brazil

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Perinatal characteristics of the reports of the children and mothers, according to the definition of groups associated with the occurrence of CZS in Salvador, BA, between 08/01/2015 and 07/31/2016

Perinatal characteristics	Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS)						P value
	Confirmed (n = 236)		Discarded† (n = 254)		Incomplete investigation* (n = 236)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Children
Sex (n = 723)
Female	134	56.8	162	63.8	138	59.2	†0.117
Male	102	43.2	92	36.2	95	40.8	*0.640
Weight at birth (n = 696)
≥ 2500 g	143	61.6	169	68.1	154	71.3	†0.151
< 2500 g	89	38.4	79	31.9	62	28.7	*0.036
Deaths	10	4.2	0	0.00	13	5.5	†0.001
Deaths	10	4.2	0	0.00	13	5.5	*0.670
Mother
Race/Color (n = 598)
White	13	6.2	9	3.9	11	6.9	†0.281
Non-white	195	93.8	222	96.1	148	93.1	*0.833
Gestational age (n = 663)
< 37 Weeks	75	33.3	13	5.6	32	15.6	† < 0.001
37–42 Weeks	150	66.7	220	94.4	173	84.4	* < 0.001
STORCH (n = 598)
Positive	24	11.7	21	9.0	17	10.6	†0.431
Negative	182	88.3	211	91.0	143	89.4	*0.868
Total	236	32.5	254	35.0	236	32.5

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