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Table 4 Estimates of prevalence, intraclass correlation coefficients, their respective 95% CI, design effect and the mean cluster size with respect to personal and obstetric data

From: Intraclass correlation coefficients in the Brazilian network for surveillance of severe maternal morbidity study

Variable

P (%)

ICC

95% CI for ICC

DEFF

na

· Age (<30 years)

65.6

0.013

0.002−0.024

4.00

354

· Skin color (White)

42.5

0.285

0.127−0.443

146.55

264

· Schooling (Primary)

46.5

0.051

0.012−0.091

17.45

256

· Marital status (Has a partner)

53.2

0.176

0.066−0.286

101.96

298

· Weight (<75 kg)

52.3

0.055

0.010−0.101

21.45

167

· Height (<1.60 m)

48.6

0.054

0.007−0.101

13.51

151

· Body Mass Index (Low BMI)

15.4

0.053

0.006−0.100

18.47

146

· Number of pregnancies (One)

41.9

0.010

0.001−0.019

9.01

352

· Number of deliveries (None)

48.2

0.010

0.002−0.019

8.87

352

· Number of abortions (None)

77.6

0.005

<0.001−0.011

2.59

352

· Number of previous C-sections (None)

76.0

0.011

0.002−0.021

6.87

347

· Number of live births (None)

51.3

0.016

0.003−0.028

11.27

341

· Time since last delivery (≤2 years)

25.5

0.022

0.001−0.043

4.23

99

· Previous uterine surgery

2.0

0.067

0.017−0.117

20.52

299

· Number of prenatal visits (<6)

46.4

0.018

0.003−0.034

5.34

276

· Pregnant at admission

95.0

0.043

0.011−0.074

20.70

354

· Gestational age at admission (<37 weeks)

53.4

0.069

0.020−0.117

37.71

327

· Mode of onset of labor (no labor)

49.4

0.113

0.038−0.188

88.44

349

· Gestational age at resolution (<37 weeks)

45.7

0.055

0.015−0.095

31.28

309

· Mode of delivery (C-section before labor)

49.6

0.111

0.037−0.184

87.28

352

· Mode of onset of abortion (Spontaneous)

63.6

0.044

<0.001−0.141

1.52

8

· Total number of fetuses (None)

6.0

0.128

0.044−0.212

52.87

325

· Fetal presentation at birth (Cephalic)

91.3

0.011

0.001−0.020

4.77

273

· Some pathological or risky condition prior to this current pregnancy

48.9

0.115

0.038−0.191

47.12

305

· Chronic hypertension

17.7

0.046

0.012−0.079

15.98

305

· Obesity

24.1

0.110

0.036−0.184

65.40

305

· Low weight

0.3

0.004

<0.001−0.008

1.68

305

· Diabetes mellitus

2.5

0.023

0.005−0.041

7.84

305

· Smoking

5.7

0.065

0.018−0.111

44.05

305

· Cardiac diseases

2.9

0.025

0.006−0.045

9.23

305

· Respiratory diseases

2.8

0.018

0.004−0.033

9.67

305

· Renal diseases

1.2

0.038

0.010−0.067

11.74

305

· Sickle cell disease-thalassemia

0.8

0.005

<0.001−0.011

5.08

305

· HIV/AIDS

1.1

0.006

<0.001−0.013

3.16

305

· Thyroid disease

1.4

0.008

0.001−0.016

2.65

305

· Neurologic diseases/epilepsy

1.2

0.011

0.001−0.020

4.35

305

· Collagenosis

0.6

0.028

0.007−0.050

8.93

305

· Cancer

0.3

0.006

<0.001−0.012

2.31

305

· Other

5.2

0.037

0.009−0.065

13.99

305

· Drug addiction

1.2

0.005

<0.001−0.010

4.07

305

  1. P: prevalence of each category; ICC: Intraclass Correlation Coefficient; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; DEFF: Design effect; na: Mean cluster size.