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. 2018 Mar 2;8(3):e019509. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019509

Table 4.

OR and 95% CIs for emergency caesarean section among primiparous women in the participating hospitals (N=8109)

Crude OR
(95% CI)
Model 1*
OR (95% CI)
Model 2†
OR (95% CI)
Model 3‡
OR (95% CI)
Hospitals
 Hospital 1 Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Hospital 2 1.99 (1.45 to 2.72) 1.90 (1.34 to 2.70) 1.99 (1.44 to 2.75) 1.87 (1.30 to 2.68)
 Hospital 3 2.40 (1.81 to 3.17) 2.40 (1.73 to 3.33) 2.43 (1.82 to 3.24) 2.47 (1.77 to 3.46)
 Hospital 4 1.95 (1.42 to 2.67) 2.33 (1.64 to 3.31) 1.58 (1.11 to 2.25) 1.84 (1.24 to 2.73)
 Hospital 5 2.87 (2.11 to 3.91) 2.99 (2.12 to 4.22) 2.49 (1.77 to 3.50) 2.53 (1.74 to 3.70)
 Hospital 6 4.75 (3.49 to 6.46) 4.28 (2.94 to 6.22) 4.11 (2.87 to 5.90) 3.54 (2.29 to 5.47)
Maternal age (years) 1.12 (1.10 to 1.13) 1.12 (1.10 to 1.14) 1.12 (1.10 to 1.14)
Place of residence
 Urban/rural Ref Ref Ref
 Camp 1.22 (1.04 to 1.44) 1.32 (1.08 to 1.61) 1.24 (1.01 to 1.53)
Education (years)
 ≤9 Ref NA NA
 10 to 12 0.50 (0.41 to 0.62)
 ≥13 0.58 (0.47 to 0.72)
Body mass index (kg/m2)
 ≤24.9 Ref Ref Ref
 25 to 29.9 1.15 (0.91 to 1.46) 1.17 (0.92 to 1.50) 1.12 (0.88 to 1.44)
 ≥30 1.50 (1.20 to 1.89) 1.41 (1.10 to 1.81) 1.30 (1.01 to 1.68)
Antenatal visits (no) 1.07 (1.05 to 1.10) 1.04 (1.01 to 1.07) 1.04 (1.01 to 1.07)
In vitro fertilisation treatment
 No Ref Ref Ref
 Yes 5.93 (3.61 to 9.75) 6.62 (3.97 to 1.05) 4.64 (2.66 to 8.08)
Hypertensive disorder
 No/unknown Ref Ref Ref
 Yes 3.62 (2.75 to 4.77) 3.95 (2.96 to 5.28) 3.56 (2.61 to 4.86)
Induction of labour
 No/unknown Ref Ref Ref
 Yes 1.49 (1.27 to 1.75) 1.33 (1.12 to 1.57) 1.32 (1.10 to 1.57)

*Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics (maternal age, place of residence, education and body mass index).

†Adjusted for obstetric characteristics (antenatal visits, in vitro fertilisation treatment, hypertensive disorder and induction of labour).

‡Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics (age, place of residence, education, body mass index) and obstetric characteristics (antenatal visits, in vitro fertilisation treatment, hypertensive disorder and induction of labour).

NA, not applicable due to multicollinearity.