An Incident Case-Referent Study of Stillbirths at Harare Maternity Hospital: Socio-Economic and Obstetric Risk Factors
作者:
S.R. Moyo,
S.A. Tswana,
L. Nyström,
K. Mahomed,
S. Bergström,
Å. Ljungh,
期刊:
Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation
(Karger Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 37,
issue 1
页码: 34-39
ISSN:0378-7346
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1159/000292517
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Fetal deaths;Case-control studies;Developing countries;Africa;Risk factors
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
This incident case-referent study was conducted at Harare Maternity Hospital in 1989–1990 on 104 consecutive cases of stillbirth with unknown aetiology and 96 age- and parity-matched referents. Information was collected by interviewing the women following a standardized form and by review of antenatal cards. None of the women refused to participate. The most significant obstetric risk factors were prevalence of earlier stillbirths (odds ratio, OR = 6.1) and miscarriages (OR = 4.8). Low height and body mass index also increased the risk of having a stillborn baby significantly as well as a history of flue-like illness during pregnancy (OR = 4.6). The latter may have stimulated the women to book early causing the unexpectedly high OR for early booking among these cases. The pattern for the socio-economic risk factors was not easy to interpret. The most striking finding was the U-shaped relationship between socio-economic status and stillbirths with a higher risk among those with low and high statu
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