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. 2013 Jul 17;8(7):e68930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068930

Table 5. Relative risk for receiving a postnatal home visit within 3 days after birth.

Bangladesh Malawi Nepal Meta-Analysis
Relative risk Relative risk Relative risk Relative risk
n Crude Adjusted (95% CI) p value n Crude Adjusted(95% CI) p value n Crude Adjusted (95% CI) p value Adjusted (95% CI) p value
Pregnancy home visits
None (Ref) 39 520 18
At least one 359 2.95 2.45 (1.29–4.68) 0.008 278 7.37 2.22 (1.16–4.27) 0.017 357 1.82 1.61 (0.63 –4.16) 0.309 2.18 (1.46–3.25) 0.000
Place of delivery
Facility (Ref) 105 745 501 1.00
Non-facility 293 1.66 1.35 (1.02–1.79) 0.038 53 1.69 1.24(0.82–1.89) 0.303 114 1.45 1.63 (1.32–2.00) 0.000 1.48 (1.28–1.73) 0.000
Birth notification
No (Ref) 240 644 207 1.00
Yes 158 1.97 1.68 (1.42–1.99) 0.000 154 17.77 12.01 (5.63–25.59) 0.000 408 1.37 1.49(1.13–1.96) 0.006 2.66 (1.40–5.08) 0.003
Maternal age
<20 (Ref) 55 118 96 1.00
20–29 257 1.26 1.23 (0.92–1.64) 0.150 458 0.85 0.86 (0.60–1.23) 0.392 453 1.30 1.29 (0.97–1.72) 0.075 NA NA
30+ 86 1.36 1.19 (0.84–1.69) 0.313 222 0.91 0.94 (0.60–1.47) 0.768 66 1.08 1.08 (0.70–1.64) 0.728
Maternal Education
None (Ref) 65 92 258
Any 333 0.88 0.89 (0.69–1.15) 0.378 706 1.43 1.72 (0.94–3.18) 0.080 357 1.02 1.06 (0.90–1.24) 0.487 NA NA
TOTAL 398 798 615