Table 3.

Factors independently associated with perinatal mortality among women with obstructed labour at Mbale regional referral hospital

Outcome	Perinatal death (n = 548)	Crude RR	Adjusted RR
		(95%CI)	(95% CI)
Maternal venous lactate at base line
Normal lactate (<=4.8)	12/205 (5.9)	1	1
High lactate (>  4.8)	44/287 (15.3)	2.40 (1.30–4.45)	2.71 (1.26–4.24)
Use of traditional medicine
Yes	43/272 (15.8)	2.41 (1.33–4.38)	1.80 (0.99–3.27)
No	13/218 (6)	1	1
History of referral
Yes	48/300 (16)	3.45 (1.66–7.15)	2.84 (1.35–5.96)
No	8/192 (4.2)	1	1
History of rupture of membranes
Yes	51/395 (12.9)	2.33 (0.95–5.70)	1.81 (0.75–4.37)
No	5/97 (5.2)	1	1
Median duration of labour, hoursa	28.1 (18.6–28.1)	0.99 (0.97–1.00)	0.99 (0.97–1.00)

^a Median (interquartile range)