Malaria, Intestinal Helminths and Other Risk Factors for Stillbirth in Ghana
Table 3
Risk factors associated with stillbirth in Ghana, 2006.
Characteristics
Crude
Adjusted
Adjusted
OR
OR
95% CI
OR
95% CI
Age (per 5 years)
1.4
1.6
1.2–2.3
1.2
1.1–1.8
Single
2.3
0.9
0.1–6.7
0.8
0.1–5.8
Primigravidae
0.7
N/A
N/A
No SP doses
2.5
2.7
0.8–9.3
2.3
0.9–13.3
First trimester ANC visit
1.0
2.2
1.2–10.2
2.9
0.7–11.9
Low serum folate
3.6
3.9
2.0–16.2
3.5
1.9–17.1
Anemia
Moderate versus normal
2.3
3.3
0.9–11.3
2.9
0.7–11.8
Severe versus normal
4.8
4.2
2.7–38.9
4.3
2.8–41.8
Past induced abortion
5.3
3.6
2.2–22.6
3.8
2.4–26.5
Past stillbirth
5.7
6.4
3.8–31.2
6.1
3.6–33.1
Infection status
Malaria (yes versus no)
2.7
1.9
1.2–9.3
N/A
Intestinal helminths (yes versus no)
2.6
2.1
1.0–14.1
N/A
Infection status
Malaria only versus uninfected
2.9
N/A
1.7
0.4–8.7
Helminths only versus uninfected
3.2
N/A
2.8
0.6–19.5
Coinfected versus uninfected
4.3
N/A
1.7
1.0–9.7
OR-Odds Ratio. CI- Confidence interval. Bold . Model includes 2 individual infections with or without the other infection. Model includes single infections and coinfection.
