Research Article

Incidence of Obstetric and Foetal Complications during Labor and Delivery at a Community Health Centre, Midwives Obstetric Unit of Durban, South Africa

Table 3

Logistic regression output for labor and delivery complications.

VariablesAdjusted OR95% CI for OR (Lower; Upper)Sig.

No of antenatal visit
 No visit1.815(1.310; 2.515).000
 Visit one time1.246(0.866; 1.792).236
 Visit 2-3 times.867(0.666; 1.129).290
Age group
 Age less than 20 years.579(0.348; 0.963).035
 Age between 20–34 yrs.645(0.406; 1.025).064
Parity group
 Parity nil11.895(1.153; 122.693).038
 Parity 1–35.079(0.496; 51.957).171
 Parity 4-53.124(0.313; 31.181).332
 Grandmultiparity4.575(1.810; 11.565).001
 Constant.046.010

Variable(s) entered on step 1: grandmultiparity, number of antenatal visits (4 times or more as reference group), age group (age 20–35 years as reference group), and parity group (parity 1–5 as reference group).