Table 2 Distribution of women with any severe maternal morbidity by age group according to some characteristics, clinical and obstetric history
Characteristics | 10 – 19 years | p* | 20 – 34 years | p** | 35 – 49 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity (non-white) (n) | 60.8 (1,259) | 0.022 | 56.9 (4,675) | 0.912 | 56.7 (1,205) |
Schooling (up to primary school) (n) | 58.0 (1,275) | <0.001 | 41.6 (4,514) | <0.001 | 52.9 (1,134) |
Marital status (No steady partner) (n) | 62.3 (1,455) | <0.001 | 45.2 (5,255) | <0.001 | 36.6 (1,329) |
BMI (n) | (630) | <0.001 | (2,600) | 0.014 | (704) |
Low weight | 30.0 | 13.4 | 9.8 | ||
Adequate | 33.8 | 27.1 | 24.9 | ||
Overweight | 19.5 | 27.7 | 28.4 | ||
Obesity | 16.7 | 31.8 | 36.9 | ||
Previous condition& (n) | 29.3 (1,446) | <0.001 | 49.6 (5,363) | <0.001 | 66.1 (1,432) |
Hypertension | 3.5 | <0.001 | 16.7 | <0.001 | 35.4 |
Diabetes mellitus | 0.6 | <0.001 | 2.2 | <0.001 | 5.7 |
Cardiac | 2.1 | 0.287 | 2.7 | <0.001 | 4.7 |
Thyroid disease | 0.6 | 0.028 | 1.3 | 0.010 | 2.8 |
Respiratory | 3.1 | 0.458 | 2.8 | 0.776 | 2.7 |
Nephropathy | 0.6 | 0.061 | 1.4 | 0.906 | 1.4 |
Thalassemia/sickle cell anemia | 0.6 | 0.148 | 1.0 | 0.012 | 0.3 |
Collagenosis | 0.4 | 0.539 | 0.6 | 0.508 | 0.5 |
Neoplasms | 0.1 | 0.119 | 0.3 | 0.641 | 0.4 |
HIV/AIDS | 0.3 | <0.001 | 1.3 | 0.973 | 1.3 |
Low weight | 1.0 | <0.001 | 0.2 | 0.794 | 0.1 |
Obesity | 12.9 | <0.001 | 25.8 | 0.033 | 29.2 |
Smoking | 3.9 | 0.013 | 5.9 | 0.599 | 6.4 |
Drug addiction | 0.9 | 0.153 | 1.3 | 0.934 | 1.3 |
Other | 3.4 | 0.100 | 4.9 | 0.003 | 8.3 |
Parity (n) | (1,707) | <0.001 | (6,171) | <0.001 | (1,615) |
0 | 88.2 | 44.8 | 18.8 | ||
1–2 | 11.4 | 43.4 | 47.8 | ||
≥3 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 33.4 | ||
Previous abortion | 7.3 (1,707) | <0.001 | 22.5 (6,169) | <0.001 | 37.6 (1,615) |
Previous Cesarean section | 5.6 (1,703) | <0.001 | 25.9 (6,084) | <0.001 | 36.8 (1,572) |
Number of prenatal visits | (1,334) | <0.001 | (4,863) | 0.086 | (1,260) |
0 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 10.2 | ||
1–5 | 41.9 | 37.0 | 38.5 | ||
≥6 | 52.7 | 54.4 | 51.3 |