Table 3 Number of women with reproductive failure (stillbirth &/or miscarriage) according to goitre rate and goitre endemic sites
Stillbirth and/or miscarriage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | n (%) | X2, (P-value) | OR, (95% CI) |
Women with goitre (n = 3487) | 584 (17%) | 16.5 (<0.001) | 1.26 (1.12,1.41) |
Women without goitre (n = 7515) | 1037 (14%) | ||
High goitre endemic regions (n = 9489) | 1481 (16%) | 67.2 (<0.001) | 2.20 (1.81,2.68) |
Less goitre endemic regions (n = 1585) | 123 (7.8%) | ||