Table 3 Maternal admission factors associated with maternal mortality in a tertiary hospital in Kenya from January 2004 to March 2011
From: Risk factors for maternal mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Kenya: a case control study
Admission factors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk factor | Cases n = 150 n (%) | Controls n = 300 n (%) | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI)a | P-value†† |
Comorbid complications | <0.0001 | ||||
Yes | 93(62) | 63(21) | 0.2(0.1–0.3) | 6.7(3.8–11.8) | |
No | 57(38) | 237(79) | 1 | 1 | |
Eclampsia | 0.0038 | ||||
Yes | 33(22) | 16(5) | 5.0(2.7–9.4) | 4.7(1.6–13.7) | |
No | 117(78) | 284(95) | 1 | 1 | |
Dystocia | |||||
Yes | 21(14) | 51(17) | 0.8(0.5–1.4) | ||
No | 129(86) | 249(83) | 1 | ||
Haemorrhage | |||||
Yes | 20(13) | 15(5) | 2.9(1.5–5.9) | ||
No | 120(87) | 285(95) | 1 | ||
Diastolic blood pressure (mm HG)** | 0.0039 | ||||
Normal | 102(72) | 280(96) | 1 | 1 | |
Low | 16(11) | 2(1) | 22.0(5.0–97.2) | 7.5(1.5–37.7) | |
High | 24(17) | 10(3) | 6.6(3.0–14.3) | 3.2(0.9–10.6) | |
Systolic blood pressure (mm HG)** | |||||
Normal | 93(65) | 271(93) | 1 | ||
Low | 33(23) | 6(2) | 16.0(6.5–39.5) | ||
High | 17(12) | 15(5) | 3.3(1.6–6.9) | ||
Haemoglobin † | |||||
<10 g/dL | 63(52) | 43(20) | 4.2(2.6–6.9) | ||
> = 10 g/dL | 59(48) | 171(80) | 1 | ||
Pulse | <0.0001 | ||||
<110 bpm | 103(71) | 283(99) | 1 | 1 | |
> = 110 bpm | 41(28) | 4(1) | 28.2(9.8–80.6) | 16.5(4.8–57.3) | |
Temperature † | |||||
<37.5°C | 110(82) | 205(95) | 1 | ||
> = 37.5°C | 24(18) | 11(5) | 4.1(1.9–8.6) | ||
Referral | <0.0001 | ||||
No | 63(42) | 234(78) | 1 | 1 | |
Yes | 87(58) | 66(22) | 4.9(3.2–7.5) | 3.3(1.9–5.7) | |