Table 3.
Risk factors at antenatal evaluation for preterm birth among pregnant women who presented to Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM) for antenatal care and returned for facility delivery (n=972)
| Variable | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
| OR | 95% CI | P value | AOR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <20 | 1.81 | 1.18 to 2.76 | 0.0061 | 1.76 | 1.14 to 2.72 | 0.01 |
| 20–34 | Ref | Ref | ||||
| >34 | 1.45 | 1.01 to 2.09 | 0.046 | 1.46 | 1.01 to 2.11 | 0.044 |
| Distance from town to hospital (km) | 0.99 | 0.97 to 1.01 | 0.23 | |||
| Probability of poverty* | 1.03 | 0.98 to 1.09 | 0.24 | 1.00 | 0.95 to 1.06 | 0.88 |
| Pesticide use in the past year | 1.48 | 0.98 to 2.22 | 0.06 | 1.39 | 0.92 to 2.11 | 0.12 |
| Alcohol use | 1.07 | 0.57 to 2.02 | 0.83 | |||
| Twin pregnancy | 1.80 | 0.63 to 5.11 | 0.27 | |||
| First pregnancy | 1.05 | 0.82 to 1.34 | 0.72 | |||
| No. of prior live births | 1.02 | 0.93 to 1.13 | 0.64 | |||
| No. of prior stillbirths | 1.01 | 0.70 to 1.45 | 0.97 | |||
| No. of prior miscarriages | 0.85 | 0.55 to 1.32 | 0.47 | |||
| No. of prior abortions | 0.81 | 0.41 to 1.61 | 0.54 | |||
| Food Consumption Score | ||||||
| Acceptable | Ref | |||||
| Borderline | 1.15 | 0.73 to 1.81 | 0.54 | |||
| Poor | 1.17 | 0.53 to 2.59 | 0.70 | |||
| Household Hunger Scale | ||||||
| No hunger | Ref | Ref | ||||
| Moderate | 1.33 | 0.92 to 1.90 | 0.13 | 1.27 | 0.88 to 1.83 | 0.21 |
| Severe | 1.66 | 1.18 to 2.34 | 0.0038 | 1.57 | 1.09 to 2.26 | 0.02 |
*Per 0.1 increase in probability of household consumption less than one dollar per day.
HUM, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais; km, kilometre.