Skin Color and Severe Maternal Outcomes: Evidence from the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity
Table 3
Previous maternal conditions according to outcome of maternal complications by skin color group.
Previous conditions
Non-white women
P
White women
p
PLTC
SMO
PLTC
SMO
Any of below
1677 (48.5)
153 (48.9)
0.936
1393 (54.8)
181 (52.8)
0.592
Chronic Hypertension
646 (18.7)
39 (12.5)
0.019
429 (16.9)
51 (14.9)
0.491
Obesity
922 (26.7)
50 (16.0)
0.024
802 (31.6)
49 (14.3)
<0.001
Low weight
8 (0.2)
0
0.444
10 (0.4)
6 (1.7)
0.014
Diabetes
74 (2.1)
9 (2.9)
0.434
67 (2.6)
18 (5.2)
0.076
Smoking
175 (5.1)
22 (7.0)
0.340
198 (7.8)
28 (8.2)
0.846
Cardiac disease
89 (2.6)
17 (5.4)
0.025
69 (2.7)
18 (5.2)
0.030
Respiratory disease
72 (2.1)
10 (3.2)
0.206
106 (4.2)
20 5.8)
0.166
Renal diseases
30 (0.9)
12 (3.8)
<0.001
43 (1.7)
10 (2.9)
0.226
Sickle cell disease
26 (0.8)
10 (3.2)
<0.001
14 (0.6)
2 (0.6)
0.954
HIV/AIDS
35 (1.0)
6 (1.9)
0.016
32 (1.3)
8 (2.3)
0.073
Thyroid diseases
29 (0.8)
8 (2.6)
0.009
45 (1.8)
12 (3.5)
0.028
Neurologic diseases
34 (1.0)
4 (1.3)
0.653
31 (1.2)
8 (2.3)
0.037
Collagenoses
14 (0.4)
3 (1.0)
0.118
20 (0.8)
6 (1.7)
0.098
Cancer
7 (0.2)
2 (0.6)
0.146
9 (0.4)
6 (1.7)
0.002
Drug addiction
38 (1.1)
8 (2.6)
0.096
27 (1.1)
15 (4.4)
<0.001
Others (not specified)
132 (3.8)
37 (11.8)
<0.001
149 (5.9)
49 (14.3)
<0.001
Total
3458
313
2540
343
PLTC: potentially life-threatening condition; SMO: severe maternal outcomes; MNM: maternal near miss; MD: maternal death; p-values comparing PLTC and SMO groups adjusted for the effect of the cluster design using χ2 or exact tests; P-values in italic mean they are statistically significant
