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Table 3 Demographic, social and clinical characteristics of the women admitted for induced abortion-related complications (bivariate and multivariate analysis)

From: Analysis of induced abortion-related complications in women admitted to the Kinshasa reference general hospital: a tertiary health facility, Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

Induced abortion-related complications

 

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis (LR)

Independent variables

Crude OR (CI95%)

p

Adjusted OR (CI95%)

p

Adolescence (≤ to 19 yrs)

 

<  0.001

 

0.031

 Yes (n’ = 36)

5.2 (2.4 to 11.2)

 

3.4 (1.1 to 10.1)

 

 No (n’ = 326)

1

 

1

 

Patient’s residence

 

0.18

  

 Semi-rural quarters (n’ = 20)

2.4 (0.5 to 9.3)

   

 Residential quarters (n’ = 90)

2.3 (1.1 to 5.1)

   

 Eccentric quarters and of extension (n’ = 66)

1.2 (0.4 to 3.1)

   

 Quarters of planned cities (n’ = 54)

1.0 (0.3 to 1.9)

   

 Quarters of old cities (n’ = 129)

1

   

Patient Marital Status

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 Single/separated/divorced/widowed (n’ = 70)

18.2 (8.4 to 41.8)

 

14.9 (6.0 to 36.8)

 

 Married/cohabiting (n’ = 271)

1

 

1

 

Patient parity

 

0.4

  

 Nulliparous (n’ = 141)

1.6 (0.7 to 3.5)

   

 Primiparous (n’ = 92)

1.6 (0.7 to 3.8)

   

 Multi and grand multiparous (n’ = 133)

1

   

Patient’s abortion background

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 One or several abortions (n’ = 162)

5.2 (2.5 to 10.8)

 

10.2 (3.7 to 28.2)

 

 No abortion background (n’ = 204)

1

 

1

 
  1. With: OR = Odds Ratio; P = p-value; LR = logistic regression