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Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (95% CI) comparing early neonatal death among infants with birth asphyxia and maternal infection and infants with intrapartum asphyxia alone

From: Maternal infection and risk of intrapartum death: a population based observational study in South Asia

Maternal sign of infection

Bangladesh and Indiad

Bangladesh

India

 

(odds ratio, 95% CI)

(odds ratio, 95% CI)

(odds ratio, 95% CI)

Unadjusted analysis

   

Fever

1.63 (1.12 – 2.65)

1.62 (1.03 – 2.54)

1.73 (0.64 – 3.48)

PROM

a

1.24 (1.01 - 1.53)

a

Adjusted analysis

   

Feverc

1.54 (1.04 - 2.27)

1.48 (0.93 - 2.36)

1.90 (0.88 – 4.15)

PROMc

a

1.28 (1.03 - 1.59)

a

Unadjusted cause of death analysis

   

Fever

1.89 (1.02– 3.49)

1.82 (0.67 – 4.92)

2.08 (0.94 – 4.65)

Prom

a

1.42 (1.10 – 1.83)

a

Adjusted cause of death analysis

   

Feverc

1.65 (0.84 – 3.23)

b

b

PROMc

a

1.52 (1.15 – 2.02)

a

  1. aData not collected on PROM in India.
  2. bModels would not converge.
  3. cAdjusted for maternal education, parity, maternal age, number of antenatal visits, malpresentation at delivery, type of delivery, household assets, delivery by a skilled birth attendant, delivery at an institution, and intervention or control allocation and clustering.
  4. dCombined datasets also adjusted for study site into account.