Factors associated with severe maternal morbidity and near miss in the São FranciscoValley, Brazil: a retrospective, cohort study

Table 2 Factors associated with severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and near miss (NM) in the bivariate analysis

Variable	SMM/NM		RR	95% CI	p-value
	Present (n = 400)
	n	%
< 4 years of schooling
Yes	32	20.5	1.21	0.88-1.69	0.23*
No	303	16.8
Age < 15 years
Yes	8	14.5	0.83	0.43-1.58	0.56*
No	391	17.5
Age > 35 years
Yes	34	21.5	1.27	0.93-1.74	0.14*
No	365	17.1
Skin color black
Yes	15	22.7	1.31	0.83-2.06	0.25*
No	385	17.3
No partner
Yes	184	17.9	1.05	0.88- 1.25	0.60*
No	216	17.1
<6 prenatal visits
Yes	136	18.2	1.13	0.93-1.38	0.20*
No	202	16.0
Number of pregnancies ≤ 4
Yes	83	18.4	1.09	0.88-1.37	0.40*
No	302	16.8
Covered by the national health system
Yes	274	17.0	0.90	0.74-1.09	0.31*
No	126	18.7
Prior Cesarean section
Yes	67	22.9	1.43	1.13-1.81	0.003*
No	290	16.0
Cesarean section in current pregnancy
Yes	181	29.7	1.99	1.71-2.28	<0.0001*
No	219	13.1
Presence of any comorbidity
Yes	145	36.6	2.74	2.31-3.26	<0.0001*
No	255	13.5
Chronic arterial hypertension #
Yes	73	52.1	6.78	2.26-20.33	<0.0001*
No	3	7.7
Diabetes ##
Yes	6	26.1	2.73	0.86-8.72	0.08**
No	4	9.5
Maternal obesity ###
Yes	1	50.0	1.78	0.13-10.13	0.08 **
No	4	9.5
Smoking
Yes	10	12.8	1.25	0.42-3.73	0.68**
No	4	10.3
First delay
Yes	119	18.4	1.07	0.88-1.30	0.48*
No	281	17.1
Second delay
Yes	16	57.1	3.36	2.41-4.70	<0.0001*
No	380	17.0
Third delay
Yes	38	53.5	4.04	3.27-4.97	<0.0001*
No	362	16.2

*Chi-square test **Fisher’s exact test. #Data available for only 179 women. ##Data available for only 65 women. ###Data available for only 44 women.

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