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Table 2 Association between maternal death and the type of drug used for PPH prevention

From: Misoprostol as an adjunct to oxytocin can reduce postpartum-haemorrhage: a propensity score–matched retrospective chart review in Bamenda-Cameroon, 2015–2016

Main Analysis

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Unmatched analysis (n = 1238)

3.91 (0.44–35.08)

0.223

Analysis with multivariable logistic regression on the unmatched data (n = 1238) a

5.32 (0.095–298.58)

0.416

Analysis with the matched data was not conducted as there were no cases of maternal death in the matched data

  1. aAnalysis adjusted for age, gravidity, parity, referral status, induction of labour, history of a macrosomic baby, mode of delivery, birth weight