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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of blood transfused versus non-transfused patients

From: Caesarean delivery-related blood transfusion: correlates in a tertiary hospital in Southwest Nigeria

Variables

Transfused

(N = 188)

Not transfused

(N = 718)

Crude Odds Ratio(cOR)

95% CI

P value

Age group

  < 20

4(50%)

4(50%)

1.00

reference

reference

 20–34

158(21.7%)

569(78.3%)

0.28

0.06–1.22

0.07

 35 and above

26(15.2%)

145(84.8%)

0.18

0.04–0.76

0.02

Marital status

 Single

37(31.9%)

79(68.1%)

0.94

0.33–2.69

0.90

 Married

134(18.8%)

577(81.2%)

0.46

0.17–1.26

0.13

 Separated

6(16.2%)

31(83.8%)

0.39

0.10–1.44

0.16

 Widowed

5(20.8%)

19(79.2%)

0.52

0.13–2.11

0.37

 Divorced

6(33.3%)

12(66.7%)

1.00

reference

reference

Social class

 Upper

20(15.6%)

108(84.4%)

0.48

0.28–0.82

0.01

 Middle

67(16.2%)

347(83.8%)

0.50

0.36–0.71

<0.001

 Lower

101(27.7%)

263(72.3%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

Parity

 0

49(28%)

126(72%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

 1–4

126(19.1%)

532(80.9%)

0.61

0.42–0.89

0.01

 5 and above

3(17.8%)

60(82.2%)

0.56

0.28–1.11

0.09

Obesity

 Yes

77(17.5%)

362(82.5%)

0.68

0.49–0.95

0.02

 No

111(23.8%)

356(76.2%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

Unbooked Status

 Yes

98(35.1%)

181(64.9%)

3.23

2.32–4.50

<0.001

 No

90(14.4%)

537(85.6%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

  1. *Significant p value < 0.05