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).

CharacteristicsEctopic outcome (rupturing)
COR (95% CI)P valueAOR (95% CI)P value

Age0.93 (0.87–1.00)0.06
Parity0.70 (0.48–1.02)0.06

Marital status
MarriedReferenceReference
Single2.35 (1.02–5.41)0.043.63 (1.33–9.93)0.01
Period of amenorrhea (weeks)2.66 (1.62–4.37)<0.012.69 (1.56–4.64)<0.01

Previous abdominal surgery
NoReference
Yes0.65 (0.15–2.89)0.57

Side affected
LeftReference
Right1.50 (0.67–3.38)0.33

Site of ectopic
AmpullarReferenceReference
Isthmic0.28 (0.09–0.80)0.020.23 (0.07–0.74)0.01
Cornual4.4 (0.52–36.94)0.17
Fimbrial0.40 (0.13–1.17)0.09
Ovarian0.28 (0.02–4.76)0.38
Infundibulum

Mode of presentation
BPVReference
LAP1.20 (0.34–4.27)0.78
BPV and LAP1.29 (0.52–3.23)0.58
Sudden collapse

CI: confidence interval; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; BPV: bleeding per vaginum; LAP: lower abdominal pain.