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Table 2 Models to assess the relationship between maternal mortality ratio and Human Development Index, per capita income, Gini index and Social Vulnerability Index in Brazilian federative units in 2017

From: Relationship between income inequality, socioeconomic development, vulnerability index, and maternal mortality in Brazil, 2017

Variables

Maternal Mortality Ratio

β (95% CI)

adjusted R2

p*

Model I: All variables included

 Human Development Index

33.3 (− 429.1; 494.7)

0.05

0.882

 Social Vulnerability Index

67.1 (− 139.5; 273.9)

0.507

 Per capita income

−0.02 (− 0.09; 0.04)

0.487

 Gini index

−22.9 (− 286.9; 374.8)

0.828

Model II: Stepwise selection

 Per capita income

−0.02 (− 0.05; − 0.002)

0.15

0.028