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Table 8 Adjusted odds ratios of factors associated with obstetric complications or near misses among women with live births or stillbirths

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

Independent variables

Live births or stillbirths (n = 26,903)

Biological factors

 

Age 18–35 years (ref)

 

 Age <18 years

1.19***

 Age >35 years

1.25***

Parity 1–2 (ref)

 

 Nulliparity

1.12**

 Parity > 2

1.10

No previous stillbirth or miscarriage (ref)

 

 Adverse obstetric history

1.17***

MUAC ≥ 21.5 cm (ref)

 

 MUAC < 21.5 cm

1.05

Socioeconomic factors

 

Wealth index – Lowest quartile (ref)

 

 Wealth index - 2nd quartile

1.02

 Wealth index - 3rd quartile

0.99

 Wealth index - Highest quartile

1.00

Maternal illiteracy (ref)

 

 Maternal literacy

1.06

Psychosocial factors

 

Both partners wanted pregnancy (ref)

 

 Only one partner wanted pregnancy

1.03

 Neither partner wanted pregnancy

1.19***

Place of delivery

 

Home (ref)

 

 Health facility

0.90*

  1. Results are adjusted by year and season of pregnancy outcome. ANC data available on women with live births only.
  2. *p-value <0.05.
  3. **p-value <0.01.
  4. ***p-value <0.001.