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Table 3 Obstetric 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 (%)

History of stillbirth

No

225 (89.6)

478 (97.2)

1

 

Yes

26 (10.4)

14 (2.8)

3.94 (2.02–7.7)

<0.0001

IUGR

No

251 (100.0)

491 (99.8)

  

Yes

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

  

Spontaneous abortion

No

209 (83.3)

415 (84.3)

1

 

Yes

42 (16.7)

77 (15.7)

1.08 (0.71–1.63)

0.78

Interpregnancy interval

≤2

30 (12.0)

100 (20.3)

1

 

>2

57 (22.7)

92 (18.7)

2.06 (1.22–3.49)

0.006

No interval

164 (65.3)

300 (61.0)

  

Parity

Prim-parous

78 (31.1)

157 (31.9)

1

 

Pauci-parous

112 (44.6)

225 (45.7)

1 (0.7–1.42)

0.93

Multi-parous

53 (21.1)

100 (20.3)

1.07 (0.69–1.63)

0.85

Grand multi-parous

8 (3.2)

10 (2.0)

1.61 (0.61–4.24)

0.47

Number of ANCs

1–2

13 (5.2)

38 (7.7)

1

 

3–4

26 (10.4)

48 (9.8)

1.58 (0.78–3.49)

0.32

≥5

52 (20.7)

140 (28.5)

0.92 (0.45–1.86)

0.8

Not available

160 (63.7)

266 (54.1)

0.5 (0.29–1.1)

0.12

Gestational age

22–28

84 (33.5)

3 (0.6)

175.6 (54.1–570.8)

<0.0001

29–36

95 (37.8)

30 (6.1)

19.9 (12.3–32.2)

<0.0001

37–42

70 (27.9)

439 (89.2)

1

 0.062

≥42

2 (0.8)

2 (0.4)

6.27 (0.86–45.2)

0.096

Not available

0 (0.0)

18 (3.7)

  

Mode of delivery

Vaginal

192 (76.5)

426 (86.6)

  

Caesarean

59 (23.5)

66 (13.4)

1.98 (1.34–2.93)

0.0008

Birth weight

50–1500

116 (46.2)

8 (1.6)

96.2 (44.8–206.5)

<0.0001

1500–2500

50 (19.9)

25 (5.1)

13.3 (7.7–22.9)

<0.0001

2500–4000

63 (25.1)

418 (85)

1

0.09

≥4000

10 (4.0)

32 (6.5)

2.07 (0.97–4.42)

0.06

Not available

12 (4.8)

9 (1.8)

  

Congenital malformations

No

235 (93.6)

489 (99.4)

1

 

Yes

16 (6.4)

3 (0.6)

11.09 (3.2–38.5)

<0.0001