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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of infants with IHPS

From: Treatment outcome and associated factors of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis at eastern Ethiopia public hospitals

Variable

Category

Number

Frequency

Age

< 2 weeks

2

2.9

2–4 weeks

16

22.9

5–6 weeks

43

61.4

> 6 weeks

9

12.8

Gender

Male

56

80

Female

14

20

Mode of delivery

Spontaneous delivery

54

77.1

Cesarean section

16

22.9

Feeding patterns

Breast feeding

56

80

Bottle feeding

9

12.9

Mixed feeding

5

7.1

Gestational age

< 37 weeks

3

4.3

37–42 weeks

65

92.9

> 42 weeks

2

2.8

Birth weight

< 2.5 kg

1

1.4

2.5–4 kg

30

42.9

> 4 kg

2

2.9

Not documented

37

52.9