Table 4 Multivariable model showing risk factors for 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
Final multivariable model | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk factor | Cases n = 150 n (%) | Controls n = 300 n (%) | OR (95% CI) | Likelihood ratio test X2(df), p-value |
Mothers education | ||||
Secondary | 36(27) | 168(57) | 1 | |
None | 31(23) | 17(6) | 3.3(1.1–10.4) | |
Primary | 66(50) | 108(37) | 2.4(1.1–5.3) | 7.13(2), 0.0284 |
Underlying medical conditions | ||||
No | 109(73) | 271(90) | 1 | |
Yes | 41(27) | 29(10) | 3.9(1.7–9.2) | 9.95(1), 0.0016 |
Birth attendant | ||||
Nurse/midwife | 70(53) | 264(89) | 1 | |
Doctor | 61(47) | 31(11) | 4.6(2.1–10.1) | 14.41(1), 0.0001 |
Number of ANC visits | ||||
1 to 3 | 71(50) | 199(67) | 1 | |
None | 59(42) | 14(5) | 4.1(1.6–10.4) | |
Above 4 | 11(8) | 83(28) | 0.5(0.2–1.2) | 14.56(2), 0.0007 |
Comorbid complications † | ||||
No | 57(38) | 237(79) | 1 | |
Yes | 93(62) | 63(21) | 9.0(4.2–19.3) | 36.33(1), <0.0001 |
Eclampsia | ||||
No | 117(78) | 284(95) | 1 | |
Yes | 33(22) | 16(5) | 10.9(3.7–31.9) | 21.29(1), <0.0001 |
Pulse | ||||
<110 bpm | 103(71) | 283(99) | 1 | |
> = 110 bpm | 41(28) | 4(1) | 10.7(2.7–43.4) | 13.58(1), 0.0002 |
Referral | ||||
No | 63(42) | 234(78) | 1 | |
Yes | 87(58) | 66(22) | 2.1(1.0–4.3) | 3.98(1), 0.0459 |