Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and obstetric history of women with (n = 145) and without (n = 187) severe maternal morbidity

Sociodemographic characteristics

Age (year)

31.6

(6.26)

29.2

(5.65)

<0.001^b

Household income (RM/month)

2405.2

(1892.06)

2321.1

(2066.54)

0.547^b

 Nil and Primary

 Secondary

 Tertiary

7

87

51

(4.8)

(60.0)

(35.2)

5

104

78

(2.7)

(55.6)

(41.7)

0.330^c

 Unemployed

 Self-employed

 Implementory

 Professional

74

8

41

22

(51.0)

(5.5)

(28.3)

(15.2)

99

19

42

27

(52.9)

(10.2)

(22.5)

(14.4)

0.340^c

 Married

 Single

145

0

(100.0)

(0.0)

186

1

(99.5)

(0.5)

0.378^c

 Parity

3.1

(2.35)

2.7

(1.78)

0.043^b

 Hospital stay (day)

5.9

(3.79)

3.6

(2.23)

<0.001^b

 Early (≤12 weeks)

 Late (> 12 weeks)

88

57

(60.7)

(39.3)

114

73

(61.0)

(39.0)

0.960^c

complications^d

 Absent

 Present

67

40

(62.6)

(37.4)

92

37

(71.3)

(28.7)

0.095^c

 Term (≥37 weeks)

 Preterm (<37 weeks)

110

35

(75.9)

(24.1)

174

13

(93.0)

(7.0)

<0.001^c

 Live birth

 Stillbirth

143

2

(98.6)

(1.4)

187

0

(100.0)

(0.0)

0.107^c