Quality of Life after an Episode of Severe Maternal Morbidity: Evidence from a Cohort Study in Brazil

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of women with and without previous condition of Severe Maternal Morbidity (PLTC+MNM).

Characteristics	SMM Group		Group Without Morbidity		p-value
	N		N
Age (years)					0.003
<20	16	4.2	24	5.8
20 -24	58	15.2	81	19.4
25-29	86	22.5	110	26.4
30-34	87	22.8	111	26.6
35-39	82	21.5	56	13.4
≥40	53	13.9	35	8.4
Parity					0.307
≤1	98	31.7	110	33.7
2	93	30.1	103	31.6
3	55	17.8	65	19.9
≥4	63	20.4	48	14.7
Skin color/Ethnicity					0.183
Caucasian	199	52.1	197	47.1
Non Caucasian	183	47.9	221	52.9
Schooling					0.257
Up to 4 years	24	6.7	16	4.1
5 to 8 years	105	29.3	104	26.5
9 to 11 years (high)	194	54.2	235	59.9
≥12 years (University)	35	9.8	37	9.4
Marital status					0.955
With partner	260	82.5	269	83.3
Without partner	55	17.5	54	16.7
Time elapsed between delivery and interview					0.429
1-2 years	154	40.3	180	43.1
3-5 years	229	59.7	238	56.9
Mode of delivery					<0.001
Vaginal delivery	67	17.9	217	51.9
Caesarean section	307	82.1	201	48.1
Gender of the child					0.274
Male	204	55.7	214	51.6
Female	162	44.3	201	48.4
Neonatal outcome					0.083
Alive	300	95.8	399	98.3
Neonatal death	13	4.2	7	1.7
Previous maternal condition	245	65.2	137	33.1	<0.001
Hypertensive disorders	93	24.3	26	6.2	<0.001
Obesity	77	20.2	52	12.4	0.004
Diabetes	24	6.3	9	2.2	0.006
Smoking	29	7.6	12	2.9	0.004
Cardiac Disease	19	5.0	4	1.0	0.001
Respiratory Disease	19	5.0	5	1.2	0.003
Renal Disease	15	3.9	1	0.2	0.002
Sickle cell/thalassemia	9	2.4	0	0	0.001
HIV	1	0.3	5	1.2	0.220
Thyroid disease	26	6.8	8	1.9	0.001
Neurological disease	16	4.2	4	1.0	0.007
Collagenoses	7	1.8	5	1.2	0.654
Neoplasia	5	1.3	4	1.0	0.744
Others
Total	383		418

MNM: maternal near miss; PLTC: potentially life-threatening condition.
Missing information for a:2; b: 166; c:1; d:51; e: 9; f: 20; g: 82; e:170; e:11 cases.
p value derived from Pearson Chi-square or Fisher Exact tests.
Only for pregnancies resulting delivery.