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Table 7 NBU admission and maternal clinical characteristics and birth weight, 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

Clinical Characteristics

NBU admission

p-value

OR

p-value

95%CI

No (n = 35)

Yes (n = 18)

No.

%

No.

%

Medical History

 None#

34

97.1

18

100.0

FEp = 1.000

 Chronic HTN

1

2.9

0

0.0

Clinical presentation or complaint

 Epigastric pain

15

42.9

7

38.9

0.781

0.8

0.781

0.3–2.7

 Coma

4

11.4

1

5.6

FEp = 0.651

0.5

0.498

0.0–4.4

 Lower limbs oedema

12

34.3

6

33.3

0.945

0.9

0.945

0.3–3.2

 Headache

21

60.0

13

72.2

0.380

1.7

0.382

0.5–5.9

 Blurred vision

4

11.4

2

11.1

FEp = 1.000

0.9

0.972

0.2–5.9

 Convulsions

31

88.6

17

94.4

FEp = 0.651

0.5

0.498

0.0–4.4

Obstetric history

 Nulliparous

19

54.3

4

22.2

0.026*

 Multiparous (≤ 4 births)

11

31.4

14

77.8

0.001*

6.0

0.008*

1.6–23.0

 Grand-Multiparous (≥5 b)

5

14.3

0

0.0

FEp = 0.153

History of pregnancy loss

 Yes

4

11.4

4

22.2

FEp = 0.421

0.5

0.306

0.1–2.1

 No#

31

88.6

14

77.8

Gestational period at time of enrollment

 Intrapartum #

1

2.9

0

0.0

FEp = 1.000

 Postpartum

34

97.1

18

100.0

ANC visit attendance

 Yes

31

88.6

18

100.0

FEp = 0..287

 No#

4

11.4

0

0.0

Birth weight

    

MCp = 0.364

   

  < 1000 g

1

2.9

3

16.7

5.0

0.239

0.3–72.8

 1000 g–1500 g

12

34.3

5

27.8

0.7

0.687

0.1–4.1

 1600 g–2400 g

17

48.6

7

38.9

0.7

0.661

0.1–3.7

 2500 g–4000 g#

5

14.3

3

16.7