Table 4. Crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the associations between Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization index categories and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission and perinatal mortality (PM) among singleton newborns.
| Exposure | NICU admission | PM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APNCU index category | n cases | OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | n cases | OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Intensive | 3887 | 1.18 (1.12–1.23) | 1.16 (1.11–1.22) | 501 | 0.89 (0.80–0.99) | 0.91 (0.81–1.03) |
| Adequate | 3735 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 618 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Intermediate | 936 | 0.98 (0.91–1.05) | 0.97 (0.90–1.05) | 92 | 0.59 (0.48–0.72) | 0.56 (0.45–0.70) |
| Inadequate | 1587 | 1.25 (1.18–1.32) | 1.16 (1.09–1.23) | 284 | 1.45 (1.28–1.65) | 1.18 (1.02–1.36) |
The models are adjusted for maternal age, parity, education, region of residency and delivery.