Skin Color and Severe Maternal Outcomes: Evidence from the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity
Table 2
Distribution of pregnancy outcomes according to major obstetric complications by skin color groups.
Cause
PLTC n (%)
MNM n (%)
MD n (%)
p
Hemorrhage
1532 (23.7)
253 (41.6)
29 (25.0)
0.009
Non-white
676 (44.1)
112 (44.3)
14 (48.3)
<0.001
White
856 (55.9)
141 (55.7)
15 (51.7)
<0.001
Hypertension
4550 (70.4)
263 (43.2)
30 (25.9)
<0.001
Non-white
2927 (64.3)
141 (53.6)
16 (53.3)
<0.001
White
1623 (35.7)
122 (46.4)
14 (46.7)
<0.001
Infection
47 (0.7)
36 (5.9)
5 (4.3)
<0.001
Non-white
19 (40.4)
24 (66.7)
4 (80.0)
<0.001
White
28 (59.6)
12 (33.3)
1 (20.0)
<0.001
Clinical /Surgical
605 (9.3)
151 (24.8)
58 (50.0)
<0.001
Non-white
310 (51.2)
64 (42.4)
25 (43.1)
<0.001
White
295 (48.8)
87 (57.6)
33 (56.9)
<0.001
More than one
319 (4.9)
92 (15.1)
4 (3.4)
<0.001
Non-white
168 (52.7)
50 (54.3)
3 (75.0)
<0.001
White
151 (47.3)
42 (45.7)
1 (25.0)
<0.001
Total
6,465
608
116
PLTC: potentially life-threatening condition; MNM: maternal near miss; MD: maternal death They are not mutually exclusive; the sum of categories for each group can be higher than a 100% p-values comparing the proportions among groups adjusted for the effect of cluster design using χ2 or exact tests P-values in italic mean they are statistically significant
