Characteristics of patients by survival status and analysis of differences
| All patients (n=226) | Mortality | P value | ||
| Yes (n=63) | No (n=163) | |||
| Neonate | < 0.001* | |||
| Yes | 96 | 55 (57.3) | 41 (42.7) | |
| No | 130 | 8 (6.15) | 122 (93.85) | |
| Sex | 0.449* | |||
| Males | 136 | 37 (27.21) | 99 (72.79) | |
| Females | 90 | 26 (28.89) | 64 (71.11) | |
| Origin | < 0.001* | |||
| Dakar | 146 | 28 (19.18) | 118 (80.82) | |
| Other | 80 | 35 (43.75) | 45 (56.25) | |
| Prenatal ultrasound | 0.002† | |||
| Abnormal | 6 | 6 (100) | 0 | |
| Not done | 9 | 4 (44.44) | 5 (55.56) | |
| Normal | 30 | 8 (26.67) | 22 (73.33) | |
| Not reported | 181 | 45 (24.84) | 136 (75.14) | |
| Gestational age at birth | 0.002† | |||
| Prematurity | 14 | 11 (78.57) | 3 (21.43) | |
| Postmaturity | 2 | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | |
| Not reported | 178 | 44 (24.72) | 134 (75.28) | |
| Normal | 32 | 7 (21.87) | 25 (78.13) | |
| Associated malformation | 0.002‡ | |||
| Yes | 13 | 9 (69.23) | 4 (30.77) | |
| No | 213 | 54 (25.35) | 159 (74.65) | |
| Diagnosis | < 0.001† | |||
| Intestinal atresia | 5 | 5 (100) | 0 | |
| Esophageal atresia | 37 | 33 (89.19) | 4 (10.81) | |
| Duodenal atresia | 16 | 9 (56.25) | 7 (43.75) | |
| Colonic atresia | 2 | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | |
| Anorectal malformation | 69 | 9 (13.04) | 60 (86.96) | |
| Malrotation | 29 | 3 (13.04) | 26 (86.96) | |
| Hirschsprung’s disease | 64 | 3 (4.69) | 61 (95.31) | |
| Congenital esophageal stenosis | 4 | 0 | 4 (100) | |
| Year of admission | 0.064* | |||
| 2018 | 53 | 9 (16.98) | 44 (83.02) | |
| 2019 | 72 | 19 (26.39) | 53 (73.61) | |
| 2020 | 101 | 35 (34.65) | 66 (65.35) | |
| Mode of admission | < 0.001* | |||
| Referral | 45 | 47 (55.29) | 38 (44.71) | |
| Mutation | 20 | 5 (25) | 15 (75) | |
| Home | 121 | 11 (9.09) | 110 (90.91) | |
| Parental consanguinity | 0.098* | |||
| Yes | 21 | 9 (42.86) | 12 (57.14) | |
| No | 64 | 21 (32.81) | 43 (67.19) | |
| Not reported | 141 | 33 (23.4) | 108 (76.6) | |
Bold denotes statistically significant difference.
Data were presented as number (percentage).
*Pearson’s χ2 test.
†Monte Carlo’s exact test.
‡Fisher’s exact test.