Table 3 Predictors of maternal mortality from COVID-19 causes recorded from National maternal death surveillance system, 2020–2021 using a multivariable logistic regression analysis.

From: Maternal mortality in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic using record-based data from January 2020 to December 2021

Predictor

Unadjusted

Adjusted

p

OR (95%CI)

P

OR (95%CI)

Age

0.841

1 (0.97,1.03)

0.217

1.03 (0.98,1.08)

Year of death (ref)1

< 0.001**

2.75 (1.79, 4.22)

< 0.001**

3.32 (1.9, 5.81)

Residence: (ref)2

Lower Egypt

0.241

1.26 (0.85, 1.87)

< 0.001**

5.15 (2.61,10.18)

Number of past deliveries: (ref)3

0.548

 

0.583

 

1–2

0.541

0.86 (0.54, 1.39)

0.703

1.14 (0.59, 2.19)

≥ 3

0.273

0.76 (0.46, 1.25)

0.577

0.81 (0.38, 1.71)

Number of past abortions

0.981

1 (0.73, 1.36)

0.39

0.84 (0.57, 1.24)

Routine follow up (ref)4

0.566

 

0.141

 

Private doctor

0.283

0.54 (0.17, 1.68)

0.227

0.44(0.11, 1.68)

Health care units

0.431

0.61 (0.18, 2.07)

0.710

0.76 (0.18, 3.27)

Both

0.187

0.42 (0.12, 1.52)

0.958

0.96 (0.21, 4.39)

Presence of comorbidities with pregnancy

0.519

0.87 (0.58, 1.32)

0.8

1.07 (0.63, 1.83)

Delayed arrival to hospitals

0.158

1.73 (0.81, 3.71)

0.872

1.1 (0.34, 3.53)

Refuse of hospital referral

< 0.001**

16.3 (4.77, 55.7)

0.009*

8.72 (1.73, 44.00)

  1. Model X2 = 28.69, df = 5, p < 0.001** Nagelkerke R2 = 0.31, Hosmer & Lemeshow = 6.39, p = 0.6, OR: odds ratio, p < 0.001: highly significant** Ref1: 2020, Ref2: upper Egypt, ref3: nulliparous, ref4: no routine follow up. NICU: Neonatal intensive care unit.
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