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Table 3 Risk of moderate asphyxia (defined as 5-min Apgar score < 4) and perinatal death (defined as fetuses with heart sound at admission, but no sign of vitality at birth, or as live birth, but with death before discharge from Hospital) for breech births, by mode of delivery, parity, birth weight, and referral, at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1999–2010 (N = 1,655)

From: Breech delivery at a University Hospital in Tanzania

  

OR

95 % CI

aOR

95 % CI

Mode of delivery

 CD

Perinatal death

1

 

1

 

 VD

 

3.55

2.13–5.92

6.18

3.04–12.6

 CD

Apgar score < 45

1

 

1

 

 VD

 

5.02

1.93–13.03

5.97

2.18–16.3

Parity

 Multipara

Perinatal death

1

 

1

 

 Primipara

 

0.99

0.65–1.50

1.25

0.68–2.30

 Multipara

Apgar score < 45

1

 

1

 

 Primipara

 

1.77

0.89–3.51

2.22

1.10–4.48

Birth weight

 2.5–3.6 kg

Perinatal death

1

 

1

 

 3.7–4.7 kg

 

1.05

0.55–2.00

1.78

0.74–4.28

 2.5–3.6 kg

Apgar score <45

1

 

1

 

 3.7–4.7 kg

 

0.24

0.03–1.79

0.38

0.05–2.82

Referral

 No

Perinatal death

1

 

1

 

 Yes

 

2.07

1.29–3.32

2.05

1.09–3.86

 No

Apgar score < 45

1

 

1

 

 Yes

 

1.72

0.77–3.84

2.24

0.96–2.82

Insurance

 Yes

Perinatal death

1

 

1

 

 No

 

9.25

1.27–67.5

3.99

0.52–30.41

Time period (delivery year)

 1999–2004

Perinatal death

1

 

1

 

 2005–2006

 

2.11

1.19–3.75

1.49

0.61–3.67

 2007–2010

 

1.29

0.80–2.06

1.26

0.54–2.94

 1999–2004

Apgar score < 45

1

 

1

 

 2005–2006

 

1.70

0.68–4.25

1.94

0.76–4.94

 2007–2010

 

0.61

0.24–1.50

0.87

0.33–2.31

  1. Crude odds ratios (ORs), adjusted odds ratios (aORs), and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) are shown. CD cesarean delivery, VD vaginal delivery