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Table 1 Characteristics of women with severe maternal outcome (n = 4243) compared with controls who were discharged without SMO diagnosis (n = 1000)

From: Development and validation of an obstetric early warning system model for use in low resource settings

Variable

SMO cases

Controls

P-Value

Age at baseline, mean (SD)

27·8 (6·5)

26·8 (6·1)

< 0·001

Weight on admission, mean (SD)

75·7 (14·9)

67·2 (13·9)

0·002

Height in meters, mean (SD)

1·6 (0·1)

1·6 (0·3)

< 0·001

Days on admission, mean (SD)

6·8 (5·2)

1·6 (0·7)

0·040

Number of ANC Visits, mean (SD)

4·6 (3·5)

3·6 (2·9)

< 0·001

Last PCV, mean (SD)

27·6 (9·8)

33·3 (5·9)

< 0·001

Parity, mean (SD)

4·5 (2·0)

4·4 (1·0)

> 0·050

Gestational age in weeks, mean (SD)

35·8 (4·5)

38·4 (4·7)

< 0·001