Perinatal Outcome in Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of stillbirth and early neonatal mortality predictors in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, Ethiopia, 2008–2013.

Variable	Stillbirths	Early neonatal deaths
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Parity
Primipara	1
Multipara	1.6 (1.09–2.33)^¥
Grand multipara	2.5 (1.34–4.71)^‡
Gestational age (weeks)
Very preterm (<34)	6.5 (4.33–9.85)^†	3.6 (1.49–8.76)^†
Preterm (34–36)	1.4 (0.87–2.27)	0.7 (0.23–2.28)
Term + (≥37)	1	1
Antenatal care
Yes	1
No	2.1 (1.47–2.93)^†
Type of HDP
Preeclampsia	1	1
Eclampsia	4.1 (2.69–6.09)^†	2.9 (1.37–6.17)^‡
Other HDP	1.5 (0.77–3.09)	0.8 (0.13–4.42)
Onset of HDP
Antepartum or before	7.8 (3.59–16.86)^†
Intrapartum	5.0 (2.20–11.20)^†
Postpartum	1
Lowest platelet count per mm3
<100,000	1
100,000+	2.2 (1.14–4.13)^¥
Highest SGOT (IU/microl)
<2-fold raise	1
≥2-fold raise	2.2 (1.21–3.89)^¥
Mode of delivery
Vaginal	7.1 (3.48–14.39)^†	4.1 (1.81–9.45)^†
Caesarean section	1	1
Birth weight (kg)
<2.5	4.0 (2.24–7.04)^†	6.2 (2.31–16.57)^†
2.5+	1	1
Maternal condition
Alive on discharge	1	1
Dead	10.4 (2.15–50.83)^†	11.7 (3.01–45.66)^†

< 0.05; ^‡ = 0.001; ^† < 0.0001.