Teenage Pregnancy and Its Adverse Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes at Lemlem Karl Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018

Table 5

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of the adverse obstetrical outcomes of teenagers and adult mothers delivered at Lemlem Karl general hospital, Tigray region, Ethiopia, 2018 ().

Variable	Category	Obstetric outcomes PIH		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		Yes N (%)	No N (%)
Age	Teenage	35 (72.9)	274 (48.1)	2.91 (1.51–5.61)	2.29 (1.01–5.19)	0.048
	Adult	13 (27.1)	296 (51.9)	1	1
Residence	Rural	32 (66.7)	287 (50.4)	1.97 (1.06–3.67)	1.51 (0.79–2.88)	0.217
	Urban	16 (33.3)	283 (49.6)	1	1
Gravidity	Primigravida	34 (70.8)	306 (53.7)	2.1 (1.10–3.99)	1.18 (0.54–2.59)	0.69
	Multigravida	14 (29.2)	264 (46.3)	1	1
ANC	No	15 (31.2)	107 (18.8)	0.51 (0.27–0.97)	0.56 (0.29–1.07)	0.079
	Yes	33 (68.8)	463 (81.2)	1	1
Cesarean delivery
Age	Teenage	40 (40.8)	269 (51.7)	0.64 (0.415–0.997)	0.57 (0.36–0.90)	0.016
	Adult	58 (59.2)	251 (48.3)	1	1
Residence	Rural	58 (59.2)	261 (50.2)	1.5 (0.970–2.319)	1.78 (1.12–2.82)	0.014
	Urban	40 (40.8)	259 (49.8)	1	1
Instrumental delivery
Age	Teenage	26 (49.1)	283 (50.1)	0.96 (0.55–1.69)	—	0.886
	Adult	27 (50.9)	282 (49.9)	1
Gravidity	Primigravida	41 (78.8)	299 (52.8)	3.040 (1.564–5.905)	3.004 (1.544–5.843)	0.001
	Multigravida	11 (21.2)	267 (47.2)	1	1
Episiotomy
Age	Teenage	95 (72)	214 (44)	3.26 (1.39–3.33)	2.01 (1.25–3.39)	0.004
	Adult	37 (28)	272 (56)	1	1
Gravidity	Primigravida	85 (79.4)	255 (49.9)	2.88 (2.35–6.39)	2.35 (1.39–3.96)	0.001
	Multigravida	22 (20.6)	256 (50)	1	1
Postpartum hemorrhage
Age	Teenage	12 (41.4)	297 (50.4)	0.69 (0.33–1.48)	—	0.96
	Adult	17 (68)	292 (49.2)	1
APH
Age	Teenage	11 (37.9)	298 (50.6)	0.597 (0.28–1.29)	0.82 (0.31–2.2)	0.698
	Adult	18 (62.1)	291 (49.4)	1
Residence	Rural	21 (72.4)	298 (50.6)	2.56 (1.12–5.9)	3.1 (1.32–7.44)	0.009
	Urban	8 (27.6)	291 (49.4)	1	1
Gravidity	Multigravida	20 (69)	258 (43.8)	1	1
	Primigravida	9 (31%)	331 (56.2)	0.35 (0.16–0.78)	0.34 (0.125–0.918)	0.033
Perennial tear
Age	Teenage	23 (59)	286 (49.4)	1.47 (0.762.85)	—	0.249
	Adult	16 (41)	293 (50.6)	1
Post-term delivery
Age	Teenage	14 (32.6)	295 (51.3)	0.46 (0.24–0.89)		0.02
	Adult	29 (67.4)	280 (48.7)	1