Risk factors for reported obstetric complications and near misses in rural northwest Bangladesh: analysis from a prospective cohort study

Table 2 Distribution of socioeconomic, biological, and psychosocial characteristics among 42,214 women in rural northwest Bangladesh (2007–2011)

Characteristics	Non-complicated pregnancy	Obstetric complication	Near miss	Total
	n = 30,830	n = 10,380	n = 1,004	n = 42,214
	%	%	%	% (n)
Biological factors
Women’s age***
<18 years	13.3	19.5	15.3	15.2 (6,417)
18-35 years	80.9	70.5	80.3	78.6 (33,180)
>35 years	5.7	9.9	7.1	6.0 (2,592)
Parity***
Nulliparity	24.6	34.2	34.4	27.2 (11,479)
1-2 births	49.8	36.7	36.8	46.3 (19,556)
>2 births	25.5	29.0	28.8	26.4 (11,172)
Obstetric history***
No previous stillbirth or miscarriage	77.3	71.9	74.3	77.4 (36,197)
Stillbirth or miscarriage	22.7	28.0	25.6	22.5 (6,007)
Mid-upper arm circumference*
< 21.5 cm	33.4	37.6	34.7	33.8 (14,226)
≥ 21.5 cm	66.4	62.3	65.2	65.8 (27,819)
Socioeconomic factors
*Household wealth index*
Lowest quartile	25.3	25.5	25.7	25.7 (10,836)
2^nd quartile	25.6	25.5	24.8	25.3 (10,662)
3^rd quartile	24.7	25.3	24.3	24.8 (10,473)
Highest quartile	24.3	23.5	25.2	24.1 (10,186)
Women’s literacy*
Illiterate	45.2	39.8	44.5	43.2 (18,241)
Literate	54.7	60.0	55.5	56.7 (23,913)
Psychosocial factors
Couples’ pregnancy wantedness ranking***
Both partners wanted pregnancy	43.0	20.1	36.7	39.2 (16,616)
Only one partner wanted pregnancy	11.1	17.4	12.0	10.8 (4,512)
Neither partner wanted pregnancy	45.1	61.9	50.6	49.3 (20,805)

*p-value <0.05 of overall difference between the three groups using Chi-squared tests.
***p-value < 0.001 of overall difference between the three groups using Chi-squared tests.
Table 2 shows the distribution of socioeconomic, biological, and psychosocial characteristics among 42,214 women reporting obstetric complications, near misses, or non-complicated pregnancies in rural northwest Bangladesh between December 2007 and June 2011. Data was collected up to June 2011. A total of 619 women had missing data on characteristics of interest; 25 women were missing data on age, 7 had missing data on parity, 19 women had missing data on obstetric history, 169 had missing data on mid-upper arm circumference, 57 were missing data on household wealth index, 61 women had missing data on literacy, and 281 were missing data on pregnancy wantedness.

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