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

Table 4

Variables independently associated with mean of general health perception score, domain 4, by multiple regression analysis (Generalized Linear Model) [n=571].

Variable	Coeff.	SE coeff.	p
Hypertension	-0.251	0.046	<0.001
Mode of delivery (Vaginal)	0.109	0.030	<0.001
Age (years)	0.007	0.002	0.002
Respiratory diseases	-0.234	0.086	0.007
Schooling (>8 years)	0.082	0.031	0.009
Thyroid diseases	-0.182	0.074	0.014
HIV/AIDS	-0.378	0.170	0.026
Constant	3.861	0.076	<0.001

Coeff.: estimated coefficient; SE coeff.: standard error of estimated coefficient; p: p value.
Independent variables initially considered: group (PLTC, MNM: 1/ Control: 0); age (years); parity (1: 0/ ≥2: 1); skin color/ ethnicity (Caucasian: 0/ Non-Caucasian: 1); schooling (up to 8 years: 0/ >8 years: 1); marital status (without partner: 1/ with partner: 0); time elapsed between delivery and interview (1-2 years: 0/ 3-5: 1); mode of delivery (vaginal: 1/ cesarean: 0); gender of the child (male: 0/ female: 1); Neonatal outcome (alive: 1/ death: 0); previous maternal pathology: hypertension (yes: 1/ no: 0); obesity (yes: 1/ no: 0); diabetes (yes: 1/ no: 0); smoking (yes: 1/ no: 0); cardiac diseases (yes: 1/ no: 0); respiratory diseases (yes: 1/ no: 0); renal diseases (yes: 1/ no: 0); sickle cell/thalassemia (yes: 1/ no: 0); HIV/AIDS (yes: 1/ No: 0); thyroid diseases (yes: 1/ no: 0); neurological diseases (yes: 1/ no: 0); collagenoses (yes: 1/ no: 0); neoplasia (yes: 1/ no: 0).