Research Article
Factors Associated with Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy: A 10-Year Review at a District Hospital in Ghana
Table 3
Characteristics associated with ectopic outcome (rupturing).
| Characteristics | Ectopic outcome (rupturing) | COR (95% CI) | P value | AOR (95% CI) | P value |
| Age | 0.93 (0.87–1.00) | 0.06 | — | | Parity | 0.70 (0.48–1.02) | 0.06 | — | |
| Marital status | Married | Reference | | Reference | | Single | 2.35 (1.02–5.41) | 0.04 | 3.63 (1.33–9.93) | 0.01 | Period of amenorrhea (weeks) | 2.66 (1.62–4.37) | <0.01 | 2.69 (1.56–4.64) | <0.01 |
| Previous abdominal surgery | No | Reference | | — | | Yes | 0.65 (0.15–2.89) | 0.57 | — | |
| Side affected | Left | Reference | | — | | Right | 1.50 (0.67–3.38) | 0.33 | — | |
| Site of ectopic | Ampullar | Reference | | Reference | | Isthmic | 0.28 (0.09–0.80) | 0.02 | 0.23 (0.07–0.74) | 0.01 | Cornual | 4.4 (0.52–36.94) | 0.17 | — | | Fimbrial | 0.40 (0.13–1.17) | 0.09 | — | | Ovarian | 0.28 (0.02–4.76) | 0.38 | — | | Infundibulum | — | — | — | |
| Mode of presentation | BPV | Reference | | — | | LAP | 1.20 (0.34–4.27) | 0.78 | — | | BPV and LAP | 1.29 (0.52–3.23) | 0.58 | — | | Sudden collapse | — | — | — | |
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CI: confidence interval; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; BPV: bleeding per vaginum; LAP: lower abdominal pain.
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