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Table 2 Results from a negative binomial regression for predictors of distance to the health facility. The results are given as a ratio of the distances traveled (i.e., the distance ratio (DR)) between a variable and its comparison

From: Distance matters: barriers to antenatal care and safe childbirth in a migrant population on the Thailand-Myanmar border from 2007 to 2015, a pregnancy cohort study

Covariate

Count

DR (95% CI)

Pregnancy Outcome

 Normal singleton delivery

7268

 

 Lost to follow-up

3385

1.5 (1.4–1.5)

 Miscarriage

879

1.2 (1.1–1.3)

 Twins delivery

92

1.2 (1.0–1.5)

Trimester at first visit to ANC

 1st trimester presentation

4328

 

 2nd trimester presentation

4935

1.2 (1.2–1.3)

 3rd trimester presentation

2361

1.5 (1.4–1.5)

Country of home village

 Home village in Myanmar

6523

 

 Home village in Thailand

5101

1.6 (1.6–1.7)

Malaria infections during pregnancy

 No P. falciparum infection

11,377

 

P. falciparum infection

247

1.6 (1.4–1.8)

 No P. vivax

10,906

 

P. vivax infection

718

1.2 (1.2–1.4)

Health facility where patient received care

 MKT clinic

3930

 

 MLC clinic

495

0.5 (0.5–0.6)

 WAL clinic

141

0.4 (0.3–0.5)

 WPA clinic

7058

1.0(1.0–1.2)

Patient age at initial ANC visit

 13–14

9

 

 15–19

1805

0.8 (0.4–1.4)

 20–24

3419

0.8 (0.4–1.4)

 25–29

2629

0.8 (0.4–1.4)

 30–34

1901

0.8 (0.4–1.4)

 35–39

1285

0.7 (0.4–1.2)

 40 +

576

0.7 (0.4–1.3)

Patient birth date

 Year of childbirth

 

1.1 (1.0–1.1)

Patient parity

 Parity: 0

4172

 

 Parity: 1

2634

1.0 (0.9–1.0)

 Parity: 2–3

3088

1.0 (1.0–1.1)

 Parity: 4–5

1257

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

 Parity: 6–9

450

1.1 (1.0–1.3)

 Parity: 10+

23

1.1 (0.8–1.7)

Patient’s years lived in their home village at time of initial ANC visit

 Lived in home village for less than 1 year

4654

 

 Lived in home village for 1 through 3 years

2797

1.1 (1.1–1.2)

 Lived in home village for 4 through 9 years

2524

1.0 (0.9–1.0)

 Lived in home village for 10 or more years

1649

1.7 (1.6–1.7)

  1. aPatients with incomplete records were dropped from this analysis