Table 3 Pregnancy-related morbidities or concomitant health conditions in the Taabo HDSS in 2011–2014, stratified by foetal outcome, and crude ORs for fatal outcome from univariate logistic regression analysis
Foetal outcome | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Live birth* | Fatal birth | Total | ||
2858 (96.0) | 118 (4.0) | 2976 (100.0) | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
Pregnancy-related morbidities or concomitant health conditions | |||||
Earlier miscarriage/stillbirth | |||||
No | 2694 (94.3) | 50 (42.4) | 2744 (92.2) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 164 (5.7) | 68 (57.6) | 232 (7.8) | 22.34 (15.01, 33.25) | < 0.001* |
Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy | |||||
No/cannot remember | 2693 (94.2) | 99 (83.9) | 2792 (93.8) | 1.00 | |
Yes, in small quantities | 69 (2.4) | 11 (9.3) | 80 (2.7) | 4.34 (2.23, 8.45) | < 0.001* |
Yes, with preceding abdominal pain | 96 (3.4) | 8 (6.8) | 104 (3.5) | 2.27 (1.07, 4.79) | 0.032* |
Oedema of extremities or face | |||||
No/cannot remember | 2222 (77.7) | 93 (78.8) | 2315 (77.8) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 636 (22.3) | 25 (21.2) | 661 (22.2) | 1.07 (0.68, 1.67) | 0.785 |
Hypertension | |||||
No/cannot remember | 2829 (99.0) | 116 (98.4) | 2945 (99.0) | 1.00 | |
Before pregnancy | 13 (0.4) | 1 (0.8) | 14 (0.5) | 0.49 (0.13, 1.79) | 0.279 |
During pregnancy | 16 (0.6) | 1 (0.8) | 17 (0.6) | 0.62 (0.08, 5.01) | 0.655 |
Persistent fever | |||||
No/cannot remember | 1769 (61.9) | 63 (53.4) | 1832 (61.6) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 1089 (38.1) | 55 (46.6) | 1144 (38.4) | 1.42 (0.98, 2.05) | 0.064 |
Malaria (reported or confirmed) | |||||
No/cannot remember | 1282 (44.9) | 37 (31.4) | 1319 (44.3) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 1576 (55.1) | 81 (68.6) | 1657 (55.7) | 1.78 (1.20, 2.65) | 0.004* |
Urinary tract infection (dysuria) | |||||
No/cannot remember | 2508 (87.7) | 92 (78.0) | 2600 (87.4) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 350 (12.3) | 26 (22.0) | 376 (12.6) | 2.03 (1.29, 3.17) | 0.002* |
Jaundice | |||||
No/cannot remember | 2461 (86.1) | 91 (77.1) | 2552 (85.7) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 397 (13.9) | 27 (22.9) | 424 (14.3) | 1.84 (1.18, 2.86) | 0.007* |
Foul-smelling vaginal discharge | |||||
No/cannot remember | 2272 (79.5) | 83 (70.3) | 2355 (79.1) | 1.00 | |
Yes | 586 (20.5) | 35 (29.7) | 621 (20.9) | 1.63 (1.09, 2.45) | 0.017* |
Gestational age | |||||
≥37 weeks | 2461 (86.1) | 64 (54.2) | 2525 (84.8) | 1.00 | |
< 37 weeks | 397 (13.9) | 54 (45.8) | 451 (15.2) | 5.23 (3.59, 7.63) | < 0.001* |