Table 4.
Clinical and obstetric profile of distribution of cases of Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity/Near Miss (SAMM/NM) and controls in the reference maternity wards
| Clinical obstetric variables | SAMM (n = 1102) n % or mean ± SD | NM (n = 77) n % or mean ± SD | controls (n = 151) n % or mean ± SD | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gestational age at admission |
32.9 ± 9.9 |
|
31.9 ± 9.9 |
|
35.2 ± 5.9 |
|
0.016 |
|
Status
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
§0.001 |
| Pregnant |
119 |
12 |
7 |
10 |
36 |
23.8 |
|
| Puerperium |
731 |
74.1 |
50 |
71.4 |
112 |
74.2 |
|
| Postoperative¥ |
137 |
13.9 |
13 |
18.6 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
B.M.I. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.086 |
| ≥26,9 |
291 |
32.2 |
16 |
25.4 |
36 |
24 |
|
| Until 26,9 |
614 |
67.8 |
47 |
74.6 |
114 |
76 |
|
|
Antenatal care |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.013 |
| No |
102 |
11 |
11 |
17.2 |
7 |
4.7 |
|
| Yes |
822 |
89 |
53 |
82.8 |
143 |
95.3 |
|
|
Previous caesarean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.004 |
| Yes |
562 |
58.9 |
38 |
56.7 |
67 |
44.4 |
|
| No |
392 |
41.1 |
29 |
43.3 |
84 |
55.6 |
|
|
Previous abortion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.001 |
| Yes |
316 |
33.1 |
25 |
37.9 |
28 |
18.5 |
|
| No |
638 |
66.9 |
41 |
62.1 |
123 |
81.5 |
|
|
Current type of delivery |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.001 |
| Caesarean |
545 |
72.8 |
38 |
74.5 |
62 |
55.4 |
|
| Vaginal |
204 |
27.2 |
13 |
25.5 |
50 |
44.6 |
|
|
Systolic blood pressure |
147.9 ± 3.9 |
|
128.8 ± 27.7 |
|
122.5 ± 17.8 |
|
0.001 |
|
Diastolic blood pressure |
96.5 ± 21.4 |
|
83.0 ± 21.7 |
|
78.9 ± 12.7 |
|
0.001 |
|
Level of consciousness on admission |
|
|
|
|
|
|
§0.001 |
| Not conscious |
76 |
7.9 |
16 |
23.5 |
3 |
2 |
|
| Conscious | 882 | 92.1 | 52 | 76.5 | 148 | 98 | |
¥: postoperative of laparotomy or curettage after abortion or delivery. The n value for each variable may differ because some cases and controls were still pregnant or the available data were collected by information from medical records or the patient did not know the answer. Other variables were tested, but they were not statistically significant. § Fisher exact test. The variables presented in the table were chosen by statistical significance or clinical relevance.