Skin Color and Severe Maternal Outcomes: Evidence from the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity
Table 6
Crude estimated risks of severe maternal outcome (SMO=MNM+MD) according to pregnancy termination and perinatal outcomes by skin color.
Characteristics
Non-white women
White Women
SMO
PLTC
PR (95%CI)
SMO
PLTC
PR (95%CI)
GA at delivery
Preterm (<37 weeks)
176
1448
2.67 [1.93-3.71]
190
1017
2.12 [1.54-2.93]
Term
82
1942
1
107
1336
1
Still pregnant
28
206
2.95 [1.76-4.97]
43
206
2.33 [1.24-4.38]
Mode of pregnancy termination
Vaginal birth
70
805
1
63
749
1
Cesarean section
220
2554
0.99 0.64-1.53]
238
1540
1.73 0.88-3.37]
Abortion/ectopic
24
186
1.43 0.56-3.64]
32
152
2.24 0.79-6.34]
Still pregnant
28
206
1.50 0.90-2.50]
43
208
2.21 0.88-5.55]
Apgar score min
<7
27
87
4.71 [3.28-6.77]
31
80
3.22 [2.24-4.63]
≥7
164
3098
1
199
2098
1
Birth weight
<2.500 g
136
1227
2.33 [1.69-3.22]
148
841
1.99 [1.38-2.87]
≥2.500 g
92
2058
1
114
1403
1
Neonatal condition at birth
Live birth
204
3212
1
249
2205
1
Still birth
53
107
5.55 [3.88-7.94]
34
75
3.07 [1.88-5.04]
Neonatal outcomes
Discharge
118
2449
1
149
1586
1
Admitted or transferred
72
628
2.24 [1.56-3.20]
79
538
1.49 [1.02-2.17]
Neonatal death
8
65
2.38 [1.52-3.75]
14
67
2.01 [0.98-4.15]
Total
344
3764
380
2651
Missing information for: 226+132; 15+6; 732+623; 595+525; 532+468; 768+598 cases = prevalence ratio adjusted for the effect of the cluster design; PR in italic mean they are statistically significant
