Table 5 Risk factors for caesarean-related blood transfusion: Multivariate analysis
From: Caesarean delivery-related blood transfusion: correlates in a tertiary hospital in Southwest Nigeria
Independent risk factors | aOR | 95% CI | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age group (35 years or more versus <20 years) | 0.02 | 0.00–1.79 | 0.09 |
Age group (20–34 versus <20 years) | 0.02 | 0.00–1.67 | 0.09 |
Obesity (Yes/No) | 0.24 | 0.10–0.61 | <0.001 |
Pre-op anaemia (Yes/No) | 12.15 | 4.02–36.71 | <0.001 |
Anaesthesia (Regional/General) | 0.37 | 0.13–1.07 | 0.07 |
Booked (Yes/No) | 1.99 | 0.76–5.23 | 0.16 |
CPD (Yes/No) | 0.57 | 0.08–3.93 | 0.57 |
Chronic Hypertension | 0.60 | 0.07–5.30 | 0.64 |
Placenta previa (Yes/No) | 32.57 | 2.23–476.26 | 0.01 |
Abruptio placentae (Yes/No) | 25.35 | 3.05–211.02 | <0.001 |
Fetal conditions (Yes/No) | 1.13 | 0.13–9.47 | 0.91 |
Mal-presentation (Yes/No) | 0.88 | 0.09–8.28 | 0.10 |
Prolonged labour (Yes/No) | 1.90 | 0.62–5.87 | 0.26 |
2ndstageCs (Yes/No) | 76.13 | 1.25–4622.06 | 0.04 |
Pre eclampsia/eclampsia (Yes/No) | 5.19 | 1.84–14.68 | <0.001 |
Pre-0pfever (Yes/No) | 3.14 | 0.76–13.06 | 0.12 |
Fibroids (Yes/No) | 1.31 | 0.11–15.75 | 0.84 |
Previous uterine scar (Yes/No) | 7.02 | 1.37–36.02 | 0.02 |
Elective C/S (Yes/No) | 0.03 | 0.00–46.39 | 0.34 |
Prolonged operation time (Yes/No) | 10.72 | 4.20–27.33 | <0.001 |
Cadre of surgeon (Registrar/Consultant) | 5.32 | 0.10–285.63 | 0.41 |
Cadre of surgeon (Senior Registrar/Consultant) | 1.21 | 0.02–70.36 | 0.93 |
Time of surgery (Regular hours/Call hours) | 1.05 | 0.41–2.69 | 0.92 |
Parity grouped (1–4/0) | 0.39 | 0.14–1.07 | 0.07 |
Parity grouped (5 and above/0) | 0.30 | 0.03–2.66 | 0.28 |
Social class (middle/lower) | 0.85 | 0.31–2.32 | 0.75 |
Social class (upper/lower) | 0.52 | 0.13–2.09 | 0.36 |
CONSTANT | reference | reference | 0.78 |