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

Table 5 Adjusted relative risk ratios of factors associated with obstetric complications among 41,660 rural Bangladeshi women

	Obstetric complications (n = 10,217)		Near misses (n = 993)
Independent variables	Relative risk ratio (RRR)	95% confidence interval	Relative risk ratio (RRR)	95% confidence interval
Biological factors
Age 18–35 years (ref)
Age <18 years	1.26***	(1.14, 1.39)	1.16	(0.98, 1.34)
Age >35 years	1.23***	(1.09, 1.38)	1.14	(0.94, 1.35)
Parity 1–2 (ref)
Nulliparity	1.16**	(1.02, 1.29)	1.20**	(1.06, 1.34)
Parity > 2	1.10	(0.99, 1.22)	1.11	(0.96, 1.25)
No previous stillbirth or miscarriage (ref)
Adverse obstetric history	1.15***	(1.07, 1.22)	1.13	(0.98, 1.29)
MUAC ≥ 21.5 cm (ref)
MUAC < 21.5 cm	1.07	(0.99, 1.14)	1.00	(0.89, 1.11)
Socioeconomic factors
Wealth index – Lowest quartile (ref)
Wealth index - 2^nd quartile	1.00	(0.90, 1.11)	1.00	(0.91, 1.10)
Wealth index - 3^rd quartile	1.01	(0.89, 1.12)	1.01	(0.90, 1.13)
Wealth index - Highest quartile	1.00	(0.92, 1.09)	1.01	(0.89, 1.12)
Maternal illiteracy (ref)
Maternal literacy	1.01	(0.92, 1.12)	1.00	(0.90, 1.11)
Psychosocial factors
Both partners wanted pregnancy (ref)
Only one partner wanted pregnancy	1.07	(0.98, 1.16)	1.01	(0.87, 1.16)
Neither partner wanted pregnancy	1.33***	(1.20, 1.46)	1.03	(0.87, 1.19)

**p-value <0.01.
***p-value <0.001.
Table 5 shows adjusted relative risk ratios from multivariable multinomial logistic regression assessing the association of socioeconomic, biological, and psychosocial factors with reported obstetric complications and near misses (compared to 30,450 non-complicated pregnancies) among 41,660 married women of reproductive age with data on all independent variables in rural northwest Bangladesh from December 2007 to June 2011. Results are adjusted by year and season of pregnancy outcome.

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