Research Article
Factors Associated with Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy: A 10-Year Review at a District Hospital in Ghana
Table 2
Relationship between participant’s characteristics and ectopic rupturing.
| | Characteristics | Ectopic outcome | P value | | Ruptured | Unruptured | | n (%) | n (%) |
| | Age | | | 0.51 | | <25 | 30 (76.9) | 9 (23.1) | | 25–30 | 42 (70.0) | 18 (30.0) | | >30 | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) |
| | Parity (at the time of ectopic) | | | 0.10 | | 0 | 39 (78.0) | 11 (22.0) | | 1 | 25 (75.8) | 8 (24.2) | | ≥2 | 18 (56.3) | 14 (43.7) |
| | Marital status | | | 0.03 | | Single | 47 (79.7) | 12 (20.3) | | Married | 35 (62.5) | 21 (37.5) |
| | Period of amenorrhea (weeks) | | | <0.01 | | ≤8 | 17 (47.2) | 19 (52.8) | | 9–10 | 48 (78.7) | 13 (21.3) | | ≥11 | 17 (94.4) | 1 (5.6) |
| | Previous abdominal surgery | | | 0.69 | | Yes | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | | No | 77 (72.0) | 30 (28.0) |
| | Side affected | | | 0.41 | | Left | 34 (66.7) | 17 (33.3) | | Right | 48 (75.0) | 16 (25.0) |
| | Site of ectopic | | | 0.01 | | Tubal | | | | Ampullary | 40 (78.4) | 11 (21.6) | | Fimbrial | 13 (59.1) | 9 (40.9) | | Infundibulum | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0) | | Isthmic | 11 (50.0) | 11 (50.0) |
| | Nontubal | | Cornual | 16 (94.1) | 1 (5.9) | | | Ovarian | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) |
| | Mode of presentation | | | 0.70 | | BPV | 22 (66.7) | 11 (33.3) | | LAP | 12 (70.6) | 5 (29.4) | | BPV/LAP | 44 (72.1) | 17 (27.9) | | Sudden collapse | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0) |
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n: number in group; BPV: bleeding per vaginum; LAP: lower abdominal pain.
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