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Table 4 Adverse birth outcome: Stillbirth (SB)

From: Option B+ for prevention of vertical HIV transmission has no influence on adverse birth outcomes in a cross-sectional cohort in Western Uganda

Variables

SBa,b

OR

CI 95%

P- valuec

AOR

CI 95%

P- value

N Total

26

      

Age

26

      

 <30 year

19 (6.2)

1

     

 ≥30 year

7 (6.7)

1.08

0.44–2.65

0.86

   

Education

26

      

 Primary and higher

21 (5.5)

1

     

 No formal education

5 (21.7)

4.78

1.62–14.12

0.011 d

1.12

0.22–5.67

0.89

Occupation

26

      

 Income generation

5 (5.0)

1

     

 No income generation

21 (7.2)

1.48

0.54–4.04

0.44

   

Socioeconomic status (SES)

26

      

 Higher SES (≥1 assets)

15 (4.7)

1

     

 Lowest SES (0 assets)

11 (12.0)

2.75

1.22–6.22

0.012

1.89

0.69–5.17

0.21

Parity

26

      

 Primiparity

7 (5.3)

1

     

 Multiparity (≥2 deliveries)

19 (6.8)

1.29

0.53–3.15

0.58

   

Travel distance

24

      

 <90 min

11 (3.7)

1

     

 ≥90 min

13 (17.6)

5.6

2.4–13.1

<0.001 d

5.83

2.21–15.42

<0.001

Hypertension

26

      

 No hypertension

22 (5.5)

1

     

 Hypertension

4 (40)

11.52

3.03–43.81

0.002

18.03

3.31–98.1

0.001

Malaria in pregnancy

26

      

 No MIP detected peri-partum

24 (6.4)

1

     

 MIP detected peri-partum

2 (15.4)

2.64

0.55–12.61

0.22d

   

 MIP >3rd trimester

3 (4.6)

1

     

 MIP ≤2nd trimester or no MIP

23 (6.6)

1.47

0.43–5.04

0.78d

   

Anaemia ≤11.5 mg/l

24

      

 No

12 (4.7)

1

     

 Yes

12 (10.3)

2.32

1.01–5.34

0.042

2.26

0.88–5.84

0.09

  1. aAll data N (%)
  2. bPercentages refer to the number of participants with available data on respective variable
  3. cBivariate, Pearson’s X2 asymptotic two-sided p-value if not indicated otherwise. P-values in italics indicate statistically significant differences between the groups
  4. dBivariate, Fisher’s Exact test two- sided p- value