Table 2.
Predictors of adverse perinatal outcome among women who gave birth at Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia from June 2017 to March 2020
| Variables | Adverse perinatal outcome | Unadjusted RR (95% CI) | Adjusted RR (95% CI) | ||
| Yes | No | ||||
| Maternal age | 20 year and less | 56 | 60 | 1.72 (1.36 to 2.16) | 1.3 (1.01 to 1.57) |
| 21–34 years | 162 | 414 | 1 | 1 | |
| 35 years and above | 27 | 58 | 1.13 (0.81 to 1.58) | 1.02 (0.78 to 1.38) | |
| Residence | Rural | 140 | 325 | 1.7 (1.34 to 2.04) | 1.27 (1.04 to 1.59) |
| Urban | 105 | 207 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gravidity | Primigravida | 95 | 184 | 1.24 (0.98 to 1.56) | |
| Multigravida (II–IV) | 105 | 277 | 1 | ||
| Grand multigravida (V+) | 45 | 71 | 1.41 (1.07 to 1.87) | ||
| Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy | Yes | 142 | 117 | 2.76 (2.25 to 3.39) | 2.04 (1.64 to 2.52) |
| No | 103 | 415 | 1 | 1 | |
| Antepartum haemorrhage | Yes | 62 | 40 | 2.24 (1.84 to 2.74) | 1.69 (1.38 to 2.07) |
| No | 183 | 492 | 1 | 1 | |
| Anaemic mother | Yes | 73 | 82 | 1.70 (1.38 to 2.10) | 1.25 (1.03 to 1.53) |
| No | 172 | 450 | 1 | 1 | |
| Maternal ANC visit | Never | 15 | 8 | 3.99 (2.52 to 6.29) | 2.29 (1.35 to 3.90) |
| 1–4 visit | 203 | 386 | 6.29 (1.47 to 3.03) | 1.54 (1.09 to 2.17) | |
| Above 4 | 27 | 138 | 1 | 1 | |
| On set of labour | Induced | 97 | 52 | 2.77 (2.28 to 3.38) | 1.77 (1.43 to 2.19) |
| Spontaneous | 119 | 388 | 1 | 1 | |
| Direct caesarean section | 29 | 92 | 1.02 (0.72 to 1.47) | 1.06 (0.77 to 1.46) | |
| Maternal VDRL test positive | Yes | 6 | 3 | 2.14 (1.33 to 3.44) | 2 (1.16 to 3.38) |
| No | 239 | 529 | 1 | 1 | |
| Number of fetus | Twin | 17 | 13 | 1.85 (1.33 to 2.59) | 2.06 (1.45 to 2.94) |
| Single | 228 | 519 | 1 | 1 | |
| Maternal outcome on discharge | Died | 5 | 2 | 2.29 (1.42 to 3.70) | 1.3 (0.88 to 1.91) |
| Alive | 240 | 530 | 1 | 1 | |
ANC, antenatal care; RR, risk ratio; VDRL, venereal disease research laboratory.