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Table 4 Relation between pregnancy intention and pregnancy outcomes, Sohag district, Egypt, 2016

From: Prevalence, determinants, and outcomes of unintended pregnancy in Sohag district, Egypt

Parameter

Intended

No. (%)

Mistimed

No. (%)

Unwanted

No. (%)

Total (n = 554)

No. (%)

p value

ANC

 < 4

33 (8.6)

13 (13.3)

3 (4.2)

49 (8.8)

0.11

 ≥ 4

351 (91.4)

85 (86.7)

69 (95.8)

505 (91.2)

Start of ANC

 In the first trimester

329 (85.7)

59 (60.2)

41 (56.9)

429 (77.4)

< 0.0001*

 After that

55 (14.3)

39 (39.8)

31 (43.1)

125 (22.6)

Complications

 No

325 (84.6)

80 (81.6)

47 (65.3)

452 (81.6)

0.001*

 Yes

59 (15.4)

18 (18.4)

25 (34.7)

102 (18.4)

Place of delivery

 Hospital

348 (90.6)

91 (92.9)

57 (79.2)

496 (89.5)

0.007*

 Home

36 (9.4)

7 (7.1)

15 (20.8)

58 (10.5)

Pregnancy outcome

 Abortion

15 (3.9)

7 (7.1)

2 (2.8)

24 (4.3)

0.14

 Live birth

359 (93.5)

91 (92.9)

70 (97.2)

520 (93.9)

 Dead birth

10 (2.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

10 (1.8)

Duration (n = 520)#

 Term

324 (90.3)

85 (93.4)

61 (87.1)

470 (90.4)

0.41

 Preterm

35 (9.8)

6 (6.6)

9 (16.9)

50 (9.9)

Birth weight (n = 520) #

 LBW

38 (10.6)

20 (22.0)

11 (15.7)

69 (13.3)

0.01*

 Average

321 (89.4)

71 (78.0)

59 (84.3)

451 (86.7)

Incubator admission (n = 520) #

 Yes

89 (24.8)

32 (35.2)

16 (22.9)

137 (26.3)

0.14

 No

270 (75.2)

59 (64.8)

54 (77.1)

383 (73.7)

Breastfeeding

 Yes

328 (91.4)

69 (75.8)

61 (87.1)

458 (88.1)

< 0.0001*

 No

31 (8.6)

22 (24.2)

9 (12.9)

62 (11.9)

Initiation of breastfeeding

 Within the first hour

220 (67.1)

52 (75.4)

44 (72.1)

316 (69.0)

0.34

 After that

108 (32.9)

17 (24.6)

17 (27.9)

142 (31.0)

  1. Percentages are represented as column percentage
  2. *Significant at p < 0.05
  3. #The total does not sum up to 554 due to occurrence of 24 abortions and 10 deaths