Table 5.
Predictors of perinatal mortality among mothers with pregnancy induced hypertension at ANC clinics of Gamo Zone public hospitals, Southern Ethiopia(n=576)
| Variables | Category | Total | Perinatal death (%) |
CHR(95%CI) | AHR(95%CI) |
| Residence | Urban | 458 | 12.7 | 1 | |
| Rural | 118 | 18.6 | 1.4(0.9,2.3)* | ||
| Parity | Primigravida | 156 | 8.3 | 1 | 1 |
| I–IV | 370 | 12.4 | 1.5(0.8,2.9)* | 2.1(1.01,4.3)** | |
| ≥V | 50 | 32 | 6.3(2.9,13.3)* | 3.7(1.36,10.55)** | |
| Gestational | Very preterm(≤34) | 103 | 42.7 | 25(10.7,58.8)* | 7.8(2.6,23.1)*** |
| age(week) | Preterm(34–36) | 171 | 14.0 | 8.8(0.36,21.5) | 6(5.3,19.2)*** |
| Term(≥37) | 302 | 1.99 | 1 | 1 | |
| Number of ANC | One visit | 74 | 16.2 | 10(5.1,21)* | 8(11.7,28.45)*** |
| visits | Two visit | 88 | 9.1 | 3.4(1.5,7.6)* | 6.3(2.1,18.7)*** |
| Three visits | 142 | 14.1 | 2.1(1.5,7.6)* | 3.4(1.6,6.8)*** | |
| Four and above visits | 272 | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Birth weight(gram) | <2500 | 70 | 18.6 | 6.4(2.9,14.1)* | 6.1(1.01,37.9)** |
| ≥2500 | 457 | 2.6 | 1 | ||
| Labour onset | Spontaneous | 498 | 11.8 | 0.86(0.34,2.15) | |
| Induced | 53 | 18.9 | 0.96(0.33,2.83) | ||
| Direct cesarean section | 25 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Mode of delivery | Vaginal | 507 | 11.0 | 1.9(1.1,3.24)* | 2.7(1.13,6.84)** |
| Cesarean section | 69 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Number of fetus | Single tone | 557 | 12.7 | 1 | |
| Twin | 19 | 15.8 | 1.1(0.36,3.63) | ||
| Maternal hemoglobin | <10 | 54 | 11.1 | 0.79(0.34,1.84) | |
| level(mg/dl) | 10–11.9 | 68 | 17.6 | 1.39(0.75,2.61) | |
| >12 | 454 | 12.3 | 1 |
Key note:
*
p-value <0.25
**
p-value <0.05
***
p-value <0.001