Risk factors for reported obstetric complications and near misses in rural northwest Bangladesh: analysis from a prospective cohort study

Table 4 Unadjusted relative risk ratios of factors associated with obstetric complications among 41,660 rural Bangladeshi women

	Obstetric complications (n = 10,217)		Near misses (n = 993)
Independent variables	Relative risk ratio (RRR)	95% confidence interval	Relative risk ratio (RRR)	95% confidence interval
Biological factors
Age 18–35 years (ref)
Age < 18 years	1.28***	(1.11, 1.47)	1.21	(0.97, 1.47)
Age >35 years	1.24***	(1.10, 1.39)	1.25	(0.98, 1.53)
Parity 1–2 (ref)
Nulliparity	1.36***	(1.15, 1.58)	1.29***	(1.11, 1.46)
Parity > 2	1.13	(0.99, 1.27)	1.16	(0.98, 1.31)
No previous stillbirth or miscarriage (ref)
Adverse obstetric history	1.17***	(1.05, 1.30)	1.15	(0.97, 1.32)
MUAC ≥ 21.5 cm (ref)
MUAC < 21.5 cm	1.14*	(1.02, 1.26)	1.04	(0.91, 1.17)
Socioeconomic factors
Wealth index – Lowest quartile (ref)
Wealth index - 2^nd quartile	1.00	(0.87, 1.13)	0.99	(0.89, 1.10)
Wealth index - 3^rd quartile	1.03	(0.90, 1.16)	0.99	(0.90, 1.09)
Wealth index - Highest quartile	0.99	(0.89, 1.10)	1.02	(0.89, 1.14)
Maternal illiteracy (ref)
Maternal literacy	1.08*	(1.01, 1.14)	0.99	(0.81, 1.17)
Psychosocial factors
Both partners wanted pregnancy (ref)
Only one partner wanted pregnancy	1.12**	(1.05, 1.20)	1.05	(0.88, 1.23)
Neither partner wanted pregnancy	1.41***	(1.30, 1.52)	1.07	(0.89, 1.23)

*p-value <0.05.
**p-value <0.01.
***p-value <0.001.
Table 4 shows unadjusted bivariate associations from multinomial logistic regression of socioeconomic, biological, and psychosocial factors with reported obstetric complications and near misses (compared to 30,450 non-complicated pregnancies) among 41,660 married women of reproductive age with data on all independent variables in rural northwest Bangladesh from December 2007 to June 2011.

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