Acute Infectious Morbidity in Multiple Gestation

Table 5

Multivariable logistic regression analysis by mode of delivery for the listed infectious outcomes among women with multiple gestations compared to women with singleton gestations while controlling age, race/ethnicity, insurance status, length of hospital stay, chronic hypertension, gestational diabetes, diabetes, asthma, HIV, systemic lupus erythematosus [19], collagen vascular disease, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and preterm labor.

	Cesarean delivery		Vaginal delivery
	Adjusted OR	value	Adjusted OR	value
	(95% CI)		(95% CI)
Sepsis	0.38 (0.31, 0.46)	<0.0001	1.52 (1.26, 1.82)	<0.0001
Pneumonia	0.66 (0.58, 0.74)	<0.0001	3.26 (2.91, 3.65)	<0.0001
Influenza	0.92 (0.69, 1.22)	0.59	3.83 (3.22, 4.51)	<0.0001
Intestinal infectious diseases	1.21 (0.97, 1.49)	0.089	5.77 (4.97, 6.68)	<0.0001
Appendicitis	0.17 (0.09, 0.29)	<0.0001	5.03 (4.09, 6.13)	<0.0001
Urinary tract infections	0.85 (0.81, 0.90)	<0.0001	2.29 (2.20, 2.39)	<0.0001
Pyelonephritis	0.70 (0.59, 0.83)	0.0002	5.50 (5.13, 5.90)	<0.0001
Composite infection	0.83 (0.80, 0.86)	<0.0001	2.98 (2.89, 3.08)	<0.0001