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Table 4 Influence of obstetrical management on stillbirth recurrence in a subsequent pregnancy after stillbirth

From: Stillbirth and neonatal mortality in a subsequent pregnancy following stillbirth: a population-based cohort study

 

History of live birth

History of stillbirth

Recurrent stillbirth in second pregnancy

 

total

n stillbirths

Stillbirth rate

total

n stillbirths

Stillbirth rate

Crude HR

95% CI

Adjusted HR a

95% CI

GA ≥ 22 + 0—< 43 + 0 weeks

250.769

803

3.2

2.058

12

5.8

2.36

1.33–4.17

1.95

1.10–3.46

Expectant management

178.310

274

1.5

540

5

9.3

7.64

3.15–18.5

5.64

2.31–13.8

Planned delivery

72.459

529

7.3

1.518

7

4.6

0.81

0.38–1.70

0.74

0.35–1.56

GA ≥ 34 + 0—< 43 + 0 weeks

248.547

474

1.9

1.996

2

1.0

0.83

0.21–3.35

0.71

1.18–2.84

Expectant management

177.024

167

0.9

519

1

1.9

3.01

0.42–21.5

2.21

0.31–15.8

Planned delivery

71.523

307

4.3

1.477

1

0.7

0.25

0.04–1.77

0.24

0.03–1.70

  1. Results are given as risk of stillbirth per 1.000 births. GA gestational age, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aAdjustment for maternal age, low SES, non-Western ethnicity and SGA