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Table 2 Medical characteristics of women with severe maternal morbidity and maternal near miss

From: Severe maternal morbidity and near misses in tertiary hospitals, Kelantan, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

SMM (n = 395)

MNM (n = 47)

 

n (%)

n (%)

Current obstetric history

Parity

2 (3.0)b

3.0 (3.0)b

Booking

 Early (≤ 12 weeks)

196 (53.4)c

21 (48.8)d

 Late (> 12 weeks)

171 (46.6)

22 (51.2)

Antenatal care visits

 Optimum (≥8 visits)

320 (87.2)c

37 (86.0)d

 Suboptimum (<7 visits)

47 (12.8)

6 (14.0)

Hospital stay (day)

4 (2.0)b

7 (3.0)b

Clinical parameters

Body mass index at booking (kg/m2)

 Normal (18.50–24.99)

118 (32.2)c

18 (41.9)d

 Underweight (≤18.49)

24 (6.5)

3 (7.0)

 Overweight (25.00–29.99)

111 (30.2)

8 (18.6)

 Obese (≥30.00)

114 (31.1)

14 (32.6)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

134.1 (22.47)a

133.9 (23.70)a

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

81.0 (13.84)a

79.2 (14.16)a

Hemoglobin level (g/dl)

11.4 (1.16)a

11.1 (1.29)a

Past obstetric history

History of previous caesarean delivery

 Absent

306 (77.5)

30 (63.8)

 Present

89 (22.5)

17 (36.2)

History of pregnancy complications

 Absent

306 (77.5)

31 (66.0)

 Present

89 (22.5)

16 (34.0)

History of previous abortion

 Absent

310 (78.5)

35 (74.5)

 Present

85 (21.5)

12 (25.5)

Medical history

Comorbidity

 Absent

346 (87.6)

38 (80.9)

 Present

49 (12.4)

9 (19.1)

  1. SMM severe maternal morbidity, MNM maternal near miss
  2. amean (standard deviation)
  3. bmedian (interquartile range). Skewed to the right
  4. c n = 367. 28 women were with early pregnancy had no antenatal care follow up
  5. d n = 43. Four women were with early pregnancy had no antenatal care follow up