Differences in pregnancy outcomes and obstetric care between asylum seeking and resident women: a cross-sectional study in a German federal state, 2010–2016

Table 2 Crude odds ratio of pregnancy outcomes and obstetric services for asylum seekers relative to resident women, N = 19,864 women admitted to hospital, 2010–2016

	Crude Odds Ratio (Ref.: resident women)	95% CI	p-value
Pregnancy outcome
High-risk pregnancy	0.68	(0.57–0.81)	< 0.0001
Abortive outcomes/stillbirths	1.68	(1.22–2.30)	0.001
Perinatal complications	0.69	(0.58–0.81)	< 0.0001
Postnatal complications	2.13	(1.18–3.84)	0.012
Obstetric care services
Caesarean sections	0.64	(0.51–0.79)	< 0.0001
Timing of hospital admission^a
Up to 25 weeks of gestation	1.97	(1.59–2.45)	< 0.0001
26–36 weeks of gestation	1.04	(0.84–1.27)	0.736
37–41 weeks of gestation	0.71	(0.60–0.85)	< 0.0001
> 41 weeks of gestation	0.79	(0.51–1.22)	0.283

Ref Reference category, CI confidence interval. ^aN = 19,445 women (n = 18,901 residents and n = 544 asylum seekers). Figures in boldface: statistically significant below the 0.05 level

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