Risk factors of adverse birth outcomes among a cohort of pregnant women in Coastal Kenya, 2017–2019

Table 1 Summary of adverse birth outcomes and congenital anomalies among participants with delivery data

Adverse birth outcome	Number of pregnant women assessed (n)	n (%)
Stillbirths (≥ 22 weeks)	1916	66(3.4)
Miscarriage (< 22 weeks)	1916	34(1.8)
SGA	1200	142(11.8) ^a
Microcephaly	1236	11(0.9) ^a
Preterm birth (> 22 weeks, < 37 weeks)	1711	143(8.4%) ^a
Congenital anomalies	1816	23(1.3%) ^b
Total	1916	402(20.9%)

^a5 births were both SGA and had microcephaly; 10 births were both preterm and SGA; 2 births were both preterm and had microcephaly, ^b Congenital anomalies: Gastroschisis − 1, umbilical hernia-11, limb abnormalities-10 and Trisomy 21 − 1

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