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Table 3 Pre-pregnancy morbidities in 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)

(cOR)

95% CI

P value

Chronic Hypertension

 Yes

9(7.2%)

116(92.8%)

0.26

0.13–0.52

<0.001

 No

178(23.0%)

596(77.0%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

Diabetes

 Yes

4(23.5%)

13(76.5%)

1.18

0.38–3.66

0.78

 No

184(20.7%)

705(79.3%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

Pre-operative fever

 Yes

20(50%)

20(50%)

4.16

2.19–7.90

<0.001

 No

168(19.4%)

698(80.6%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

HIV

 Yes

11(26.2%)

31(73.8%)

1.38

0.68–2.79

0.38

 No

177(20.5%)

687(79.5%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

Uterine fibroids

 Yes

12(70.6%)

5(29.4%)

9.72

3.38–27.96

<0.001

 No

176(19.8%)

713(80.2%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

Preoperative anaemia

 Yes

161(47.1%)

181(52.9%)

17.69

11.38–27.50

<0.001

 No

27(4.8%)

537(95.2%)

1.00

Reference

Reference

  1. Data presented as n (%), crude odds ratio (cOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI)*Significant p = <0.05