Prevalence and Factors Associated with Meconium-Stained Amniotic Fluid in a Tertiary Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Description of previous and current obstetrics and medical-related factors of study participants in Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, June–August 2018 (n = 606).

Variables	Category	Number	Percent
Parity	Nulliparous	244	40.3
	I–IV	291	48
	≥V	71	11.7
Gestational age in weeks	<34	46	7.6
	34–36^+6	60	9.9
	37–38^+6	182	30
	39–40^+6	215	35.5
	41–41^+6	46	7.6
	≥42	57	9.4
ANC follow-up	Yes	577	95.2
	No	29	4.8
Number of antepartum complications	None	309	51
	One	211	34.8
	Two and above	86	14.2
Antepartum hemorrhage	Yes	51	8.4
	No	555	91.6
Premature rupture of the membranes	Yes	98	16.2
	No	508	83.8
Oligohydramnios	Yes	57	9.4
	No	549	90.6
Intrauterine growth restriction	Yes	49	8.1
	No	557	91.9
Pregnancy-induced hypertension	Yes	136	22.4
	No	470	77.6
Duration of labor >15 hrs	Yes	181	29.9
	No	425	70.1
Induction or augmentation	Yes	113	18.6
	No	493	81.4
Nonreassuring fetal heart rate pattern	Yes	74	12.2
	No	532	87.8
Previous cesarean scar	Yes	99	16.3
	No	507	83.7
Interpregnancy interval <2 years	Yes	60	9.9
	No	546	90.1
Interpregnancy interval >5 years	Yes	73	12
	No	533	88
Previous history of perinatal death	Yes	62	10.2
	No	544	89.8
Chronic hypertension	Yes	13	2.1
	No	593	97.9
Maternal anemia	Yes	71	11.7
	No	535	88.3