Table 4.

SMO and types of delays, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2019

Characteristics	Severe maternal outcomes
Types of delay	No	Yes	P value	COR, 95% CI
	n (%)	n (%)
First delay
No	178 (47.6)	14 (48.3)
Yes	196 (52.4)	15 (51.7)	0.944	1.028 (0.483 to 2.189)
Second delay
No	224 (59.9)	16 (55.2)
Yes	150 (40.1)	13 (44.8)	0.618	1.213 (0.567 to 2.596)
Third delay
No	90 (24.1)	12 (41.4)
Yes	284 (75.9)	15 (58.6)	0.043	2.227 (1.025 to 4.840)
All delays
No	310 (82.9)	22 (75.9)
Yes	64 (17.1)	7 (24.1)	0.342	1.541 (0.632 to 3.761)
At least one delay
No	31 (8.3)	6 (20.7)
Yes	343 (91.7)	23 (79.3)	0.032	2.889 (1.093 to 7.620)

AOR not significant after adjusting for age, marital status, educational level, gestational age, gravidity and parity.

AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, crude odds ratio; SMO, severe maternal outcomes.