Table 3 Maternal medical conditions
From: Predictors of stillbirth at Tema General Hospital: a registry–based retrospective study
N (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Live births (N = 276) | Still births (N = 276) | P-value |
Mothers’ blood pressure | < 0.001 | ||
Normotensive (< 140/90 mmHg) | 168 (60.9) | 106 (38.4) | |
Hypertensive (≥ 140/90 mmHg) | 108 (39.1) | 170 (61.6) | |
Syphilis status | 0.07 | ||
Negative | 257 (93.1) | 250 (90.6) | |
Positive | 13 (4.7) | 24 (8.7) | |
Hepatitis B status | 0.34 | ||
Negative | 253 (91.7) | 259 (93.8) | |
Positive | 23 (8.3) | 17 (6.2) | |
PMTCT | 1.00 | ||
No | 266 (96.4) | 266 (96.4) | |
Yes | 10 (3.6) | 10 (3.6) | |
Mother’s Haemoglobin | 0.44 | ||
Not anaemic (≥ 11 g/dl) | 157 (56.9) | 148 (53.6) | |
Anaemic (< 11 g/dl) | 119 (43.1) | 128 (46.4) | |
Blood group | 0.03 | ||
O + ve | 116 (42.0) | 120 (43.5) | |
O –ve | 8 (2.9) | 20 (7.2) | |
A + ve | 46 (16.7) | 36 (13.0) | |
A –ve | 5 (1.8) | 4 (1.4) | |
B + ve | 80 (29.0) | 76 (27.5) | |
B –ve | 6 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
AB + ve | 15 (5.4) | 20 (7.2) | |
Total | 276 (100.0) | 276 (100.0) | |