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Table 4 Mode of delivery and maternal management, using Fisher Exact test or chi-square test

From: Maternal and perinatal outcomes in women with eclampsia by mode of delivery at Riley mother baby hospital: a longitudinal case-series study

Variables

Mode of delivery

p-value

OR

p-value

95%CI

Vaginal (n = 24)

Caesarean (n = 29)

No.

%

No.

%

Facility of ANC visit

 No ANC visit#

2

8.3

2

6.9

MCp = 0.243

 Teaching &Referral Hosp

1

4.2

0

0.0

 County referral Hospital

4

16.7

0

0.0

 Sub-county Hospital

3

12.5

3

10.3

1.0

1.000

0.1–12.6

 Health centre

9

37.5

17

58.6

1.9

0.557

0.2–15.7

 Private Hospital

1

4.2

1

3.4

1.0

1.000

0.0–29.8

 Dispensary

4

16.7

6

20.7

1.5

0.733

0.1–15.5

Mode of admission

 From home#

12

50.0

12

41.4

FEp = 0.587

 Transferred

12

50.0

17

58.6

1.4

0.531

0.5–4.2

Treatment of HTN

 Yes

5

20.8

5

17.2

FEp = 1.000

0.8

0.740

0.2–3.1

 No#

19

79.2

24

82.8

Medications

    

MCp = 1.000

   

 Anticonvulsants#

4

16.7

4

13.8

 Multiples drugs

20

83.3

25

86.2

1.3

0.771

0.3–5.6

Labour initiation

 None#

0

0.0

17

58.6

MCp

< 0.001*

   

Spontaneous

15

62.5

12

41.4

   

Induction:

       

 Cytotec

4

16.7

0

0.0

 Foley catheter

1

4.2

0

0.0

   

 Foley catheter+ Cytotec

4

16.7

0

0.0

   
  1. ANC antenatal care