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Table 3 Predictors of perinatal death in next pregnancy by maternal conditions in the first pregnancy

From: Recurrence of perinatal death in Northern Tanzania: a registry based cohort study

  

Perinatal death in a subsequent pregnancy

Maternal conditions

Babies at risk

n (%)

RR* (95% CI†)‡

P-value‡

Perinatal mortality

    

  Yes

342

31 (9.1)

3.2 (2.2 - 4.7)

<0.001

  No

4,161

115 (2.8)

Reference

 

Preeclampsia

    

  Yes

149

22 (14.8)

4.5 (2.9 - 7.1)

<0.001

  No

4,208

124 (2.9)

Reference

 

Preterm delivery

    

  Yes

545

65 (11.9)

5.8 (4.1 - 8.0)

<0.001

  No

3,476

66 (1.9)

Reference

 

Low birth weight

    

  Yes

613

78 (12.7)

6.5 (4.7 - 8.9)

<0.001

  No

3,724

66 (1.8)

Reference

 

Caesarea section

    

  Yes

1,392

59 (4.2)

1.4 (1.0 - 1.9)

0.04

  No

2,947

87 (2.9)

Reference

 

Induced labour

    

  Yes

1,727

66 (3.8)

1.3 (0.9 - 1.8)

0.15

  No

2,630

80 (3.0)

Reference

 

Infections

    

  Yes

1,852

53 (2.9)

0.8 (0.6 - 1.1)

0.14

  No

2,505

93 (3.7)

Reference

 
  1. *RR: adjusted relative risk.
  2. †CI: confidence interval.
  3. ‡Adjusted for maternal age and education attainment in Log-binomial model accounting for correlation between successive deliveries of the same mother.
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