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Table 3 Obstetric characteristics associated with maternal near-miss

From: Determinants of maternal near miss events among women admitted to tertiary hospitals in Mogadishu, Somalia: a facility-based case–control study

  

Maternal Near-miss status

  

Obstetric Characteristics

N (%)

Near-miss

(n = 178)

Non near-miss (n = 355)

Odds Ratio

(95% Cl)

P Value

Age at first Pregnancy (years)

  < 18 years

125(23.5)

67(37.6)

58(16.3)

3.091(2.044–4.674)

0.0001*

  ≥ 18 years

408(76.5)

111(62.4)

297(83.7)

Ref

 

Gravidity

  ≤ 3

216(40.5)

73(41.0)

143(40.3)

Ref

 

  > 3

317(59.5)

105(59.0)

212(59.7)

0.970(0.673–1.399)

0.871

Parity

 0–2

183(34.3)

56(31.5)

127(35.8)

Ref

 

 3–5

209(39.2)

66(37.1)

143(40.3)

1.047(0.682–1.607)

0.835

  > 5

141(26.5)

56(31.5)

85(23.9)

1.494(0.924–2.369)

0.088

Birth interval

  < 24 months

280(52.5)

141(79.2)

139(39.2)

Ref

 

  ≥ 24 months

253(47.5)

37(20.8)

216(60.8)

5.922(3.891–9.014)

0.0001*

Previous history of obstetric complication

 Yes

134(25.1)

88(49.4)

46(13.0)

6.568(4.286–10.066)

0.0001*

 No

399(74.9)

90(50.6)

309(87.0)

Ref