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Table 2 Prevalences of morbidities due to neonatal hypoglycaemia

From: Cost burden and net monetary benefit loss of neonatal hypoglycaemia

Single health-state outcomes:

Number of prevalence reportsa

Sum of cases

Sum of study populations

Weighted mean prevalence

Minimum prevalence

Maximum prevalence

Cerebral palsy

4 [1, 23, 24]

53

1020

5.20%

0.38%

14.89%

Childhood epilepsies and convulsions

3 [23, 29]

7604

1,421,813

0.53%

0.52%

4.58%

Learning disabilities

7 [1, 23,24,25,26,27,28]

205

1314

15.60%

2.38%

54.00%

Severe learning disabilities

1 [23]

9

278

3.24%

3.24%

3.24%

Vision disorders/blindness

1 [23]

2

270

0.74%

0.74%

0.74%

  1. aSome publications contributed more than one prevalence value per outcome