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Table 2 Medical determinants of stillbirth

From: Ten years analysis of stillbirth in a tertiary hospital in sub-Sahara Africa: a case control study

Variable

Response

Cases

Controls

OR (CI 95%)

p value

N (%)

N (%)

Alcohol consumption

No

233 (92.8)

466 (94.7)

1

 

Yes

18 (7.2)

26 (5.3)

1.38 (0.74–2.57)

0.3

Smoking

No

251 (100.0)

491 (99.8)

1

 

Yes

0 (0)

1 (0.2)

 

0.7

Chronic hypertension

No

246 (98.0)

490 (99.6)

1

 

Yes

5 (2.0)

2 (0.4)

4.97 (0.95–25.8)

0.08

Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia

No

244 (97.2)

487 (99.0)

1

 

Yes

7 (2.8)

5 (1.0)

2.79 (0.87–8.89)

0.12

Diabetes in pregnancy

No

246 (98.0)

491 (99.8)

1

 

Yes

5 (2)

1 (0.2)

9.97 (1.15–86.86)

0.03

Obesity

No

245 (97.6)

487 (99.0)

1

 

Yes

6 (2.4)

5 (1.0)

2.38 (0.72–7.89)

0.25

HIV

No

236 (94.0)

474 (96.3)

1

 

Yes

15 (6.0)

18 (3.7)

1.67 (0.82–3.37)

0.2