Table 1 Descriptive of variables
From: Risk factors for postpartum sepsis: a nested case-control study
Baseline characteristics of the study participants | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Cases n = 100 n (16.7%) Mean ± SD | Controls n = 498 n (83.27%) Mean ± SD | P value |
Socio-demographic Information: | |||
Maternal age | 27.1 ± 5.10 | 26.6 + 5.02 | 0.41 |
Socioeconomic status | |||
Low tertile | 35 (35.00) | 163 (32.30) | 0.88 |
Middle tertile | 39 (39.00) | 198 (40.00) | |
High tertile | 26 (26.00) | 137 (27.70) | |
Pregnancy and delivery Information: | |||
Booking status | |||
No | 21 (21) | 73 (14.66) | 0.12 |
Yes | 79 (79) | 425 (85.36) | |
Antenatal care visits | |||
0 times | 14 (14) | 47 (9.44) | |
1–4 times | 21 (21) | 223 (44.76) | |
> 4 times | 65 (65) | 228 (45.70) | 0.04 |
Antenatal care provider | |||
None | 14 (14) | 47 (9.44) | |
Skilled Birth attendant | 84 (84) | 445 (89.36) | 0.47 |
Unskilled birth attendant | 2 (2) | 6 (1.26) | |
Parity | |||
0 | 1 (1) | 3 (0.60) | 0.65 |
1–4 | 84 (84) | 431 (86.55) | |
> 5 | 15 (15) | 64 (12.85) | |
Mode of delivery | |||
Spontaneous vaginal | 58 (58) | 293 (58.84) | |
delivery | 3 (3) | 24 (4.82) | 0.73 |
Assisted delivery | 39 (39) | 181 (36.3) | |
Caesarean delivery | |||
Prolonged labor | |||
< 12 h | 84 (84) | 428 (85.92) | 0.58 |
> 12 h | 16 (16) | 70 (14.10) | |
Rupture of membrane | |||
< 24 h | 97 (97) | 478 (95.98) | 0.50 |
> 24 h | 3 (3) | 20 (4.0) | |
Number of vaginal examination | |||
1–3 times | 54 (54) | 348 (69.86) | 0.002 |
> 3 times | 46 (46) | 150 (30.10) | |
Place of delivery | |||
Health facility | 94 (94) | 494 (99.2) | |
Home | 6 (6) | 4 (0.80) | 0.001 |
Preterm | |||
No | 80 (80) | 443 (88.9) | 0.019 |
Yes | 20 (20) | 55 (11.01) | |
Diabetes in pregnancy | |||
No | 90 (90) | 488 (97.9) | 0.005 |
Yes | 10 (10) | 10 (2.01) | |
Clinical Sign and Symptoms: | |||
Upper abdominal pain | |||
No | 94 (94) | 472 (94.7) | 0.26 |
Yes | 6 (6) | 26 (5.21) | |
Lower abdominal pain | |||
No | 44 (44) | 303 (60.84) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 56 (56) | 195 (39.12) | |
Vaginal discharge | |||
No | 86 (86) | 481 (96.55) | < 0.001 |
Yes | 14 (14) | 17 (3.41) | |
Dyspnea | |||
No | 93 (93) | 471 (94.50) | 0.54 |
Yes | 7 (7) | 27 (5.42) | |
Spo2 | |||
> 93% | 81 (81) | 488 (98.10) | < 0.001 |
< 93% | 19 (19) | 9 (1.81) | |
Blood glucose | 96.5 + 15.6 | 110.8 + 34.00 | 0.004 |
Systolic blood pressure | 110.1 + 12.2 | 116.1 + 13.45 | 0.5 |
Diastolic blood pressure | 74.9 + 9.9 | 74.6 + 10.30 | 0.32 |