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. 2017 Jan 10;17:17. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1217-0

Table 4.

Sensitivity analysis of women with an estimated postpartum hemorrhage ≥1500 mL

Independent risk factors Adjusted OR 95% CI P – value
Previous severe PPH 10.50 6.09 – 18.10 <0.001
Anticoagulant medication 4.33 2.39 – 7.88 <0.001
Anemia (Hb ≤ 9.0 g/dL) 2.43 1.45 – 4.08 0.001
Severe preeclampsia/HELLP 1.82 0.9 – 53.50 0.089
Uterine fibromas 2.66 1.58 – 4.46 <0.001
Multiple pregnancy 1.49 0.96 – 2.32 0.077
Mode of delivery
 Spontaneous vaginal Ref
 Instrumental vaginal 1.10 0.82 – 1.47 0.409
 In-labor cesarean 1.36 1.03 – 1.79 0.028
 Elective cesarean 1.34 0.94 – 1.89 0.103
IVF/ICSI 1.78 1.21 – 2.61 0.004
Fever (>38 °C) 1.96 1.29 – 2.97 0.002
Labor induction 1.69 1.36 – 2.10 <0.001
Labor augmentation 1.65 1.32 – 2.05 <0.001
Birth weight > 4500 g 1.62 1.00 – 2.60 0.046
Primiparous 1.14 0.93 – 1.40 0.209

Area under ROC curve = 0.6927, Hosmer-Lemeshow χ 2 = 8.77, p = 0.3618

PPH postpartum hemorrhage, Hb hemoglobin, HELLP hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count, IVF/ICSI in vitro fertilization/intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection