Association of antenatal care with facility delivery and perinatal survival – a population-based study in Bangladesh

Table 8 Antenatal care (ANC) and perinatal mortality before and after Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH) program in icddr,b area Matlab, Bangladesh

	Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence intervals)Â¶
	Model 1*	Model 2†	Model 3**	Model 4‡
Intervention period
Before (2005–2006)Â§	1	1	1	1
After (2008–2009)	0.64 (0.52, 0.78)	0.62 (0.51, 0.77)	0.67 (0.54, 0.82)	0.81 (0.65, 1.01)
Delivery place
HomeÂ§		1	1	1
Facility		1.13 (0.91, 1.41)	1.18 (0.94, 1.47)	1.36 (1.08, 1.71)
Gestational age (weeks)
<37			4.93 (4.00, 6.08)	4.40 (3.56, 5.43)
>=37Â§			1	1
No. of ANC visits
0 or 1				2.41 (1.84, 3.16)
2				1.89 (1.48, 2.42)
≥3Â§				1

Â¶consecutive adjustment of covariates in the model and changes of odds ratios of perinatal mortality before (2005–2006) and after (2008–2009) the MNCH interventions in the icddr,b service area, Matlab, Bangladesh.
Â§ reference category.
*adjusted for maternal age, parity, education, and asset quintiles.
†adjusted for the covariates in model 1 + delivery place.
**adjusted for the covariates in model 2 + gestational age.
‡adjusted for the covariates in model 3 + no. of antenatal care visits.

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