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Table 2 Socio-demographic profiles and bivariable logistic regression

From: Puerperal sepsis, the leading cause of maternal deaths at a Tertiary University Teaching Hospital in Uganda

Variable

Cases n(%)

Controls n(%)

COR (95 % CI)

p-value

Age

    

a) 15–24

50 (36.0)

203 (48.7)

1.9 (0.9–3.8)

0.079

b) 25–34

71 (51.1)

177 (42.4)

reference

 

c) >34

34 (12.9)

37 (8.9)

2.8 (0.9–9.5)

0.089

Education level

    

a) Post-Primary

53 (38.1)

254 (60.9)

reference

0.085

b) Primary or no education

86 (61.9)

163 (39.1)

1.7 (0.9–3.1)

Residence type

    

a) Urban

30 (21.6)

273 (65.5)

reference

<0.001

b) Rural

109 (78.4)

144 (34.5)

4.5 (2.4–8.3)

Marital status

    

a) Married

115 (82.7)

340 (81.5)

reference

0.998

b) Not Married

24 (17.3)

77 (18.5)

1.0 (0.4–2.4)

Referral status

    

a) No

50 (36)

326 (78.2)

reference

<0.001

b) Yes

89 (64)

91 (21.8)

5.4 (2.9–10.0)

HIV sero-status

    

a) Negative

91 (65.5)

352 (84.4)

reference

0.001

b) Positive

48 (34.5)

65 (15.6)

3.4 (1.6–6.9)

Parity

    

a) Primi-para

45 (32.4)

132 (31.7)

reference

 

b) Multi-para

57 (41.0)

168 (40.3)

1.2 (0.5–2.4)

0.712

c) Grand Multi-para

37 (26.6)

117 (28.1)

0.6 (0.2–1.4)

0.212

Antenatal Care attendance

    

a) Yes

79 (56.8)

318 (76.3)

reference

<0.001

b) No

60 (43.2)

99 (23.7)

3.6 (1.8–7.0)

Delays

    

a) Delay-1

    

 Yes

8 (5.8)

116 (27.8)

32.6 (13.5–78.6)

<0.001

 No

131 (94.2)

301 (72.2)

Reference

b) Delay-2

    

 Yes

32 (23) 107 (77)

255 (61.2)

1.4 (0.7–2.8)

0.281

 No

 

162 (38.8)

reference

c) Delay-3

    

 Yes

81 (58.3)

293 (70.3)

0.9 (0.5–1.7)

0.811

 No

58 (41.7)

124 (29.7)

reference