Skin Color and Severe Maternal Outcomes: Evidence from the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity
Table 4
Crude estimated risks of severe maternal outcome (SMO=MNM+MD) according to sociodemographic characteristics of women by skin color.
Characteristics
Non-white women
White Women
SMO
PLTC
PR (95%CI)
SMO
PLTC
PR (95%CI)
Age (years)
10-19
50
716
0.82 0.60-1.12]
56
437
0.98 0.77-1.24]
20-29
155
1786
1
169
1288
1
30-39
115
1098
1.19 0.90-1.57]
130
805
1.20 0.94-1.53]
40-49
24
164
1.60 [1.10-2.33]
25
121
1.48 [1.04-2.11]
Marital status
With partner
193
1849
1
232
2380
1
Without
87
1585
0.55 [0.36-0.83]
116
1046
0.69 0.44-1.10]
Schooling
No/Primary
118
1526
0.92 0.36-2.36]
131
872
0.81 0.47-1.37]
High
92
1334
0.83 0.35-1.93]
110
1068
0.58 [0.36-0.92]
University
11
130
1
36
186
1
BMI
Low weight
22
251
0.80 0.44-1.44]
57
245
1.38 0.91-2.08]
Normal
49
435
1
76
478
1
Overweight
28
475
0.55 [0.34-0.90]
34
427
0.54 [0.40-0.73]
Obesity
26
543
0.45 [0.26-0.78]
31
508
0.42 [0.27-0.65]
Total
344
3764
380
2651
PLTC: potentially life-threatening condition; MNM: maternal near miss; MD: maternal death; = prevalence ratio adjusted for the effect of the cluster design Missing information for: 394+257, 897+628, 2279+1175 cases; PR in italic mean they are statistically significant
