Factors associated with birthweight and adverse pregnancy outcomes among children in rural Guinea-Bissau - a prospective observational study

Table 3 Adverse pregnancy outcomes among all mothers who gave consent to enter the BCGR trial^a

Maternal BCG-scar^b	Total number of pregnancies^c	Number of adverse pregnancy outcomes (%)	Prevalence Ratio [95% CI]^d	P-value
All adverse pregnancy outcomes among all pregnancies^a				0.06
Scar	848	82 (10)	Reference
No scar	472	59 (13)	1.29 [0.99, 1.68]
Miscarriage among all pregnancies				0.72
Scar	848	28 (3)	Reference
No scar	472	14 (3)	0.90 [0.50, 1.63]
Still born among all pregnancies not resulting in a miscarriage				0.06
Scar	820	37 (5)	Reference
No scar	458	32 (7)	1.55 [0.98, 2.44]
Early neonatal deaths among all pregnancies resulting in at least one live birth				0.20
Scar	784	17 (2)	Reference
No scar	429	14 (3)	1.51 [0.81, 2.80]

a) Miscarriages, still births and early neonatal deaths (death prior to enrolment in the BCGR trial)
b) 4 mothers had missing scar information
c) Including 22 twin pregnancies
d) Standard error adjusted for village cluster

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