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Table 3 Associations of sociodemographic and obstetrical variables and maternal near miss with neonatal near miss

From: Neonatal near miss determinants at a maternity hospital for high-risk pregnancy in Northeastern Brazil: a prospective study

 

Neonatal near miss

RR (95% CI)

P

Yes, n (%)

No, n (%)

Distal factors

 Race/skin color (nonwhite)

170(76.9)

583(80.6)

0.84 (0.64–1.10)

0.22

 Education level (<  8 years)

121(54.8)

385(53.3)

1.04 (0.83–1.32)

0.69

 Origin (inner state)

116(52.5)

359(49.7)

1.09 (0.86–1.37)

0.46

 Income (< minimum wage)

185(83.7)

571(79.0)

1.27 (0.92–1.75)

0.12

 Age (<  20 years old)

86(38.9)

185(25.6)

1.58 (1.25–1.99)

0.0001

 Age (>  35 years old)

12(5.4)

114(15.8)

0.37 (0.21–0.64)

0.00007

 Marital status (without a partner)

54(24.4)

141(19.5)

1.24 (0.95–1.61)

0.11

Intermediate factors

 No prenatal care

6(2.7)

11(1.5)

1.52 (0.79–2.92)

0.18*

  < 6 prenatal care visits

133(60.2)

211(29.2)

2.63 (2.08–3.33)

< 0.0000001

 Prenatal care at service

179(81.0)

544(75.2)

1.30 (0.96–1.75)

0.07

 No household visits

219(99.1)

698(96.5)

3.22 (0.84–12.29)

0.04

 No referral for childbirth

160(72.4)

441(61.0)

1.49 (1.15–1.94)

0.002

 Current pregnancy (cesarean section)

165(74.7)

548(75.8)

0.95 (0.73–1.24)

0.73

 Previous cesarean section

35(15.8)

214(29.6)

0.52 (0.37–0.73)

0.00004

 Nulliparity

112(50.7)

302(41.8)

1.31 (1.04–1.65)

0.01

 Noncephalic presentation

28(12.7)

43(6.0)

1.78 (1.30–2.44)

0.0009

 Admission to an intensive care unit

25(11.3)

43(5.9)

1.64 (1.17–2.28)

0.006

 Smoker

9(4.2)

20(2.7)

1.33 (076–2.33)

0.32

Proximal factors

 Fetal malformation

19(8.6)

9(1.2)

3.07 (2.32–4.08)

<  0.0000001

 Comorbidities

78(35.3)

306(42.3)

0.79 (0.62–1.01)

0.06

 Maternal near miss

15(6.7)

19(2.6)

1.94 (1.31–2.89)

0.003

 Maternal near miss clinical criteria

14(6.3)

17(2.3)

1.99 (1.32–2.98)

0.003

 Maternal near miss laboratory criteria

05(2.2)

9(1.2)

1.53 (0.75–3.13)

0.42*

 Maternal near miss management criteria

09(4.0)

12(1.7)

1.86 (1.12–3.1)

0.07*

  1. *Analysis performed with Fisher’s exact test