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Table 8 Correlation coefficients of some variables of the study children

From: A hospital-based estimate of major causes of death among under-five children from a health facility in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria: possible indicators of health inequality

 

Patient's age

Patient's gender

Patient's weight (kg)

Patient's temperature

1st diagnosis

  

Age group

Patient’s age

1

.064

.727

-.027

.116*

-.109

-.058

.969**

  

.272

.000

.636

.045

.058

.318

.000

 

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

Patient’s gender

.064

1

-.041

.042

-.020

-.007

-.078

.076

 Sig. (2-tailed)

.272

 

.484

.463

.727

.902

.179

.186

 N

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

Patient’s weight (kg)

.727

-.041

1

-.025

.132*

-.143

-.195

.721**

 

.000

.484

 

.669

.022

0.13

.001

.000

 

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

Patient’s temperature

-.027

.042

-.025

1

-.070

-.098

-.042

-.016

 

.636

.463

.669

 

.223

.090

.463

.779

 

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

1st diagnosis

.116

-.020

.132

-.070

1

-.066

.028

.121*

 Sig. (2-tailed)

.045

.727

.022

.223

 

.257

.631

.036

 N

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

Prognosis

-.109

-.007

-.143

-.098

-.066

1

.196

-.102

 

.058

.902

.013

.090

.257

 

.001

.079

 

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

Outcome

-.058

-.078

-.195

-.042

.028

.196

1

-.075

 Sig. (2-tailed)

.318

.179

.001

.463

.631

.001

 

.194

 N

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

Age group

.969

.076

.721

-.016

.121*

-.102

-.075

1

 

.000

.186

.000

.779

.036

.079

.194

 

 N

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

301

  1. **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
  2. *. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).