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Table 3 MC vs. SC bivariate and multivariate analysis of key clinical outcome indicators

From: The Murri clinic: a comparative retrospective study of an antenatal clinic developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Outcome

 

Bivariate

Multivariate

 

N

Odds Ratio

95% CI

P

Odds Ratio

95% CI P

Preterm <37 weeks a

648

0.92

0.59, 1.43

0.710

0.92

0.58, 1.46

0.732

Normal birth a,b

648

1.61

1.17, 2.20

0.003*

1.48

1.07, 2.06

0.019*

NICU admission a,c

643

0.71

0.47, 1.06

0.100

0.70

0.45, 1.08

0.110

  1. a Adjusted for maternal age, parity, body mass index, smoking, medical complications (gestational diabetes, antepartum haemorrhage, pregnancy induced hypertension, asthma) and socio-economic status as measured by the Socio-Economic Indexes of Areas.
  2. b Normal birth defined as: spontaneous onset of labour, no epidural, non-instrumental vaginal birth and no episiotomy.
  3. c Excluding stillbirths CI Confidence Interval. * Statistically significant.
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