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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 9.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 Feb 14;145(1):76–82. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12775

TABLE 3.

Associations between individual EVD symptoms and EVD among pregnant women.

Unadjusted odds of EVD (n=157)
Adjusted odds of EVDa (n=155b)
Model Odds ratio (95% CI) P value Odds ratio (95% CI) P value
Self-reported EVD symptoms/complications and fever (>38°C) upon admissionc
 Abdominal pain 1.43 (0.68–3.03) 0.350 1.46 (0.68–3.15) 0.329
 Fever 3.78 (1.55–9.21) 0.003 3.28 (1.33–8.10) 0.010
 Fatigue/weakness 3.41 (1.55–7.51) 0.002 3.13 (1.40–6.97) 0.005
 Nausea/vomiting 2.64 (1.33–5.24) 0.005 2.40 (1.19–4.81) 0.014
 Headache 4.58 (2.26–9.29) <0.001 4.05 (1.97–8.31) <0.001
 Muscle/joint pain 3.17 (1.60–6.30) 0.001 2.96 (1.47–5.97) 0.003
 Diarrhea 1.87 (0.96–3.65) 0.068 1.64 (0.83–3.25) 0.158
 Chest pain 1.82 (0.85–3.89) 0.125 1.67 (0.76–3.63) 0.200
 Anorexia 1.29 (0.58–2.82) 0.533 1.17 (0.52–2.65) 0.706
 Vaginal bleeding 3.62 (1.57–8.33) 0.003 3.65 (1.54–8.65) 0.003
 Unexplained bleeding 4.28 (1.48–12.33) 0.007 4.25 (1.46–12.36) 0.008
 Sore throat 7.76 (1.55–38.78) 0.013 9.87 (1.82–53.59) 0.008
 Vision changes 2.02 (0.39–10.37) 0.400 2.10 (0.41–10.87) 0.377
 Cough 6.18 (0.63–60.92) 0.119 5.32 (0.45–63.20) 0.186

Abbreviations: EVD, Ebola virus disease; CI, confidence interval.

a

Age was modeled as a continuous variable.

b

Two women were missing data for age, thus sample size is reduced by two in age-adjusted models.

c

Models were analyzed separately for each EVD symptom.