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Table 4 Clinical and obstetric profile of distribution of cases of Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity/Near Miss (SAMM/NM) and controls in the reference maternity wards

From: The prevalence of severe maternal morbidity and near miss and associated factors in Sergipe, Northeast Brazil

Clinical obstetric variables

SAMM (n = 1102) n % or mean ± SD

NM (n = 77) n % or mean ± SD

controls (n = 151) n % or mean ± SD

p value

Gestational age at admission

32.9 ± 9.9

 

31.9 ± 9.9

 

35.2 ± 5.9

 

0.016

Status

      

§0.001

Pregnant

119

12

7

10

36

23.8

Puerperium

731

74.1

50

71.4

112

74.2

Postoperative¥

137

13.9

13

18.6

3

2

B.M.I.

      

0.086

≥26,9

291

32.2

16

25.4

36

24

Until 26,9

614

67.8

47

74.6

114

76

Antenatal care

      

0.013

No

102

11

11

17.2

7

4.7

Yes

822

89

53

82.8

143

95.3

Previous caesarean

      

0.004

Yes

562

58.9

38

56.7

67

44.4

No

392

41.1

29

43.3

84

55.6

Previous abortion

      

0.001

Yes

316

33.1

25

37.9

28

18.5

No

638

66.9

41

62.1

123

81.5

Current type of delivery

      

0.001

Caesarean

545

72.8

38

74.5

62

55.4

Vaginal

204

27.2

13

25.5

50

44.6

Systolic blood pressure

147.9 ± 3.9

 

128.8 ± 27.7

 

122.5 ± 17.8

 

0.001

Diastolic blood pressure

96.5 ± 21.4

 

83.0 ± 21.7

 

78.9 ± 12.7

 

0.001

Level of consciousness on admission

      

§0.001

Not conscious

76

7.9

16

23.5

3

2

Conscious

882

92.1

52

76.5

148

98

 
  1. ¥: postoperative of laparotomy or curettage after abortion or delivery. The n value for each variable may differ because some cases and controls were still pregnant or the available data were collected by information from medical records or the patient did not know the answer. Other variables were tested, but they were not statistically significant. § Fisher exact test. The variables presented in the table were chosen by statistical significance or clinical relevance.