Table 4 Screening variables to be included in the multivariate analysis using the area under receiver operating characteristics curve and the Brier score.

From: Modeling clinical and non-clinical determinants of intrapartum stillbirths in singletons in six public hospitals in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana: a case–control study

Variables

AUROC [95% CI]

BRIER SCORE

Fetal factors

Sex of child

0.50 [0.45, 0.56]

0.2220

Gestational age of child weeks

0.67*** [0.61, 0.74]

0.1979

Birthweight of child in kg

0.64 [0.57, 0.70]

0.2080

Intra uterine position

0.57 [0.53, 0.60]

0.2087

Maternal factors

ANC

0.54 [0.50–0.58]

0.2199

Age of mother

0.51 [0.44, 0.57]

0.2222

Marital status

0.53 [ 0.49–0.58]

0.1887

Mothers educational status

0.67 [0.61, 0.73]

0.2211

Parity of mother

0.53 [0.47, 0.60]

0.2216

Antepartum Haemorrhage

0.64§ [0.60, 0.69]

0.1940

Haemoglobin at registration

0.81§ [0.76, 0.85]

0.2132

Premature rupture of membrane

0.64§ [0.60, 0.68]

0.1942

Pregnancy induced hypertension

0.71§[ 0.64–0.77]

0.1886

Weight at Registration in kg

0.71§[0.66, 0.76]

0.2076

IPT doses

0.81§ [0.76, 0.85]

0.2143

Service delivery factors

Mode of Delivery

0.61 [0.56, 0.66]

0.2177

Time shift delivery

0.51 [0.46, 0.57]

0.2233

Delivered by:

0.58[0.52, 0.64]

0.2166

  1. AUROC Area under receiver operating curve. CI confidence interval. § indicates variables included in the multivariable analysis, IPT Intermittent Preventive Treatment.
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