Outcome of deliveries among adolescent girls at the Yaoundé central hospital

Table 4 Fetal vitality postpartum and maternal mortality

Variable		Adolescent parturients (10–19 years)	Non-adolescent parturients (≥20 years)	Sig. (2p-value)	OR (95% CI)	Entire study sample
		n (%)	n (%)			N (%)
Apgar score at 1st minute	Mean ± SD	7.09 ± 2.77	7.69 ± 2.38	<0.001	n.a	7.63 ± 2.43
Apgar score at 5th minute	Mean ± SD	8.45 ± 3.06	8.94 ± 2.50	<0.001	n.a	8.89 ± 2.56
Apparent fetal death ^a	Yes	63 (12.4)	352 (7.6)	<0.001	1.75^* (1.25-2.47)	415 (8.1)
Apparent fetal death ^a	No	445 (87.6)	4251 (92.4)	<0.001	1.75^* (1.25-2.47)	4696 (91.9)
Perinatal fetal death ^b	Yes	53 (10.4)	292 (6.3)	0.001	1.69^* (1.17-2.45)	345 (6.7)
Perinatal fetal death ^b	No	456 (89.6)	4312 (93.7)	0.001	1.69^* (1.17-2.45)	4768 (93.3)
Maternal mortality	Deaths	2	43		0.45 (0.11-1.86)	45
Maternal mortality	Maternal mortality rate ^c	400	800	0.435	n.a	800
	Maternal mortality ratio ^d	415	940		n.a	890

^a Apparent death: Apgar 0–3 1st minute after birth ^b Perinatal death: Apgar 0 after resuscitation efforts of at least 5 minutes.
^c per 100,000 parturientswho delivered during the study period.
^d per 100,000 live births registered during the study period.
*Adjusted for occupation, referral status, mode of delivery, mode of vaginal delivery and number of gestas (singleton versus multiple pregnancies).
n.a: not applicable.

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