Table 2 Past and present obstetric history of women with (cases) and without (controls) severe maternal morbidity

Number of children

2.1

(2.33)

1.7

(1.80)

Parity

3.0

(2.29)

2.7

(1.81)

Gestational age at booking (week)

13.1

(5.65)

13.0

(4.98)

 Early (≤12 weeks)

190

(54.0)

186

(52.8)

 Late (>12 weeks)

162

(46.0)

166

(47.2)

Birth spacing (year)^b

4.6

(3.04)

3.8

(2.27)

 Normal

116

(33.0)

157

(44.6)

 Underweight

20

(5.7)

47

(13.4)

 Overweight

105

(29.8)

90

(25.6)

 Obese

111

(31.5)

58

(16.5)

 Optimum (≥8 visits)

313

(88.9)

334

(94.9)

 Suboptimum (<7 visits)

39

(11.1)

18

(5.1)

 Absent

266

(75.6)

305

(86.6)

 Present

86

(24.4)

47

(13.4)

 Absent

269

(76.4)

314

(89.2)

 Present

83

(23.6)

38

(10.8)

 Term (≥37 weeks)

253

(71.9)

334

(94.9)

 Preterm (<37 weeks)

99

(28.1)

18

(5.1)

 vaginal

77

(21.9)

263

(74.7)

 caesarean section

275

(78.1)

89

(25.3)

 White

18

(5.1)

51

(14.5)

 Green

255

(72.4)

261

(74.1)

 Yellow

65

(18.5)

37

(10.5)

 Red

14

(4.0)

3

(0.9)

 Boy

178

(50.6)

190

(54.0)

 Girl

173

(49.1)

162

(46.0)

 Ambigous

1

(0.3)

0

(0.0)

 Alive

340

(96.6)

350

(99.4)

 Dead

12

(3.4)

2

(0.6)

 No

343

(97.4)

352

(100.0)

 Yes

9

(2.6)

0

(0.0)