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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 21.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2013 Dec;17(10):1835–1841. doi: 10.1007/s10995-012-1203-8

Table 3.

Variables Impacting Stillbirth Hospital Length of Stay, Multivariable Analysis*

Variable (Reference) Incident Rate Ratio 95% Confidence Interval
First Pregnancy 0.93 0.81 to 1.08
No Prenatal Care 0.94 0.76 to 1.17
Anesthesia (epidural/spinal/general) 1.17 1.03 to 1.33
Late Stillbirth (vs.<28wks) ††† 0.77 0.69 to 0.86
Cesarean Delivery ††† 1.41 1.17 to 1.69
Augmentation/induction of Labor 0.90 0.78 to 1.03
Serious Maternal Complication** ††† 2.30 1.95 to 2.71
*

Model also controlled for maternal demographics (age, race, insurance, and hospital of delivery)

p<0.05

††

p<0.01

†††

p<0.001

**

Includes disseminated intravascular coagulation, need for a blood transfusion, shock or hypotension, respiratory failure requiring intubation, renal failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, sepsis, uterine rupture, unplanned hysterectomy, or maternal death