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Table 1 Demographics, obstetric history and post-delivery care of study participants, comparing febrile and hypothermic participants to normothermic participants

From: Incidence of postpartum infection, outcomes and associated risk factors at Mbarara regional referral hospital in Uganda

Characteristic (n = 1913)

Normothermic number (%)

(n = 1708)

Febrile or hypothermic number (%)

(n = 205)

P-value*

Sociodemographics

Age category

 

< 0.001

 ≤19

187 (12)

47 (24)

 

 20–34

1217 (79)

142 (73)

 

 > 34

135 (9)

6 (3)

 

Residence in Mbarara municipality

664 (45)

58 (32)

0.001

Married

1452 (93)

177 (91)

0.19

No formal employment

925 (59)

145 (74)

< 0.001

Median household monthly income in UGx (USD)

150,000 (42)

100,000 (28)

0.10

HIV-infected

190 (12)

24 (12)

0.86

Referred from another health facility

183 (12)

48 (24)

< 0.001

Pregnancy & Obstetric History

Admitted in labor

1503 (96)

183 (93)

0.046

Attended ≥4ANC visits

1101 (71)

138 (71)

0.99

Malaria prophylaxis during pregnancy (or taking TMP/SMX)

1434 (92)

175 (90)

0.26

Medical condition reported during pregnancy

 Syphilis or sexually transmitted infection

47 (3)

9 (5)

0.23

 Urinary tract infection

47 (3)

3 (2)

0.24

 Malaria

152 (10)

18 (9)

0.81

 Diabetes, cardiac or renal condition

4 (0.3)

0 (0)

0.48

Total number of pregnancies

 

< 0.001

 1

555 (36)

107 (55)

 

 2–4

799 (51)

71 (36)

 

 ≥5

203 (13)

17 (9)

 

Gestational age at delivery

 

0.45

 Preterm (< 37 weeks)

140 (10)

22 (13)

 

 Term (37–42 weeks)

1199 (82)

131 (78)

 

 Post-term (> 42 weeks)

121 (8)

16 (9)

 

Number of vaginal exams (self-reported)

 

0.32

 0–4

1269 (89)

165 (91)

 

 ≥5

162 (11)

16 (9)

 

Delivery mode

 

< 0.001

 Vaginal (spontaneous, breech or assisted)

814 (53)

37 (19)

 

 Cesarean

720 (47)

154 (81)

 

Estimated duration of labor (mean hours, SD)

16.2 (SD 15)

19.7 (SD 17)

0.01

Singleton pregnancy

1505 (97)

188 (96)

0.37

Post-Delivery Care

Peri-Cesarean antibiotic prophylaxis received

666 (99)

135 (99)

0.85

Urinary catheter placed

755 (48)

159 (82)

< 0.001

Catheter days (mean days, SD n = 914)

1.9 (1.0)

2.2 (1.3)

< 0.001

Duration of hospitalization (n = 1769; days, mean SD)

2.3 (2.1)

4.7 (5.9)

< 0.001

  1. HIV human immunodeficiency virus, UGx Uganda Shillings, USD United States Dollar, TMP/SMX trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, ANC antenatal clinic, SD standard deviation
  2. *Tests of association between cohort characteristics and temperature classification were performed using Chi squared, Fisher’s exact, and Student’s t-tests, where appropriate
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