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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2013 Feb 13;88(4):498–502. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.02.003

Table 1.

Patient characteristics, number and percentage of LECM, and unadjusted RR using Poisson regression

Study variable Total
(n)
LECM
(%)
RR 95% CI Statistical
significance
Maternal age .31
  16–19 131 48 (36.6) 1.00
  20–29 352 143 (40.6) 1.10 0.85–1.43
  30–45 135 62 (45.9) 1.25 0.93–1.67
Have a partner .47
  No 140 61 (43.5) 1.00
  Yes 478 192 (40.1) 0.92 0.74–1.14
Family income/month (US dollars) .62
  0–85 189 80 (42.3) 1.00
  290–470 210 80 (38.1) 0.90 0.70–1.14
  475–2900 212 89 (42.0) 0.99 0.78–1.24
Years of education .70
  <8 285 119 (41.7) 1.00
  ≥8 333 134 (40.2) 0.96 0.79–1.16
Color .90
  White 295 120 (40.7) 1.00
  Other 323 133 (41.2) 1.01 0.83–1.22
Previous miscarriage .02
  No 480 185 (38.5) 1.00
  Yes 138 68 (49.3) 1.27 1.04–1.56
Planned pregnancy .19
  No 409 175 (42.3) 1.00
  Yes 209 78 (37.3) 0.87 0.71–1.07
Breastfeeding more than 4 months .06
  No 197 70 (35.5) 1.00
  Yes 421 183 (43.4) 1.22 0.98–1.52
Wealth score .81
  0 197 82 (41.6) 1.00
  1 421 171 (40.6) 0.97 0.79–1.19
Number of pregnancies .09
  1 222 93 (41.9) 1.00
  2 197 69 (35.0) 0.83 0.65–1.06
  3 199 91 (45.6) 1.09 0.87–1.35
Complications score .21
  No 506 213 (42.1) 1.00
  Yes 112 40 (35.7) 0.84 0.64–1.11
Social support score (tertile) .46
  1 212 91 (43.0) 1.00
  2 213 80 (37.5) 0.87 0.69–1.10
  3 193 82 (42.5) 0.98 0.79–1.24
Resumption of sexual life (month) .005
  First 274 106 (38.7) 1.00
  Second 208 75 (36.0) 0.93 0.73–1.18
  Third or more 136 72 (52.9) 1.36 1.10–1.70
Perinatal psychiatric disorders groups .60
  No antenatal/postpartum CMD 353 138 (39.1) 1.00
  Antenatal CMD 94 42 (44.7) 1.14 0.88–1.48
  Postpartum CMD 74 34 (45.6) 1.17 0.89–1.55
  Antenatal and postpartum CMD 97 39 (40.2) 1.02 0.78–1.35