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Table 3 Factors associated with stillbirth among deliveries at Aksum hospital, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 570)390

From: Prevalence and determinants of stillbirth among women attended deliveries in Aksum General Hospital: a facility based cross-sectional study

Variables

Stillbirth

COR (CI-95%)

AOR (CI-95%)

p-value

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

Maternal age

 < 20

3 (4.4)

65 (95.6)

0.41 (0.10–1.71)

0.36 (0.07–1.89)

0.28

 20–35

12 (2.7)

431 (97.3)

0.25 (0.09–0.68)

0.25 (0.08–0.80)*

0.023

 ≥ 35

6 (10.2)

53 (89.8)

1

1

 

ANC visit

 Less than four

9 (8.9)

92 (91.1)

1

1

 

 Four and above

12 (2.6)

457 (97.4)

0.27 (0.11–0.66)

0.41 (0.13–1.30)

0.116

Arrival at HF

 Before onset of labor

5 (6)

78 (94)

1.887 (0.67–5.30)

1.51 (0.39–5.91)

 

 After onset of labor

16 (3.3)

471 (96.7)

1

1

 

Baby’s sex

 Male

15 (4.9)

292 (95.1)

2.2 (0.84–5.76)

1.657 (0.58–4.75)

 

 Female

6 (2.3)

257 (97.7)

1

1

 

Partograph use

 Yes

10 (2)

490 (98)

1

1

 

 No

11 (15.7)

59 (84.3)

9.14 (3.72–22.42)

8.66 (2.88–26.10)*

0.001

Gestational age

 < 37 weeks

10 (13.9)

62 (86.1)

7.14 (2.91–17.50)

3.86 (1.27–11.69)*

0.011

 ≥ 37 weeks

11 (2.2)

487 (97.8)

1

1

 

Counseling on diet

 Yes

9 (2.3)

389 (97.7)

1

1

 

 No

12 (7)

160 (93)

3.24 (1.34–7.84)

9.94 (0.80–124.12)

0.085

Additional diet

 Yes

10 (2.5)

385 (97.5)

1

1

 

 No

11 (6.3)

164 (93.7)

2.58 (1.08–6.20)

0.19 (0.14–2.51)

0.225

  1. AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, COR crude odds ratio
  2. 1: referent
  3. *Significant at p-value < 0.05