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Table 1 Maternal characteristics of women in the registry by follow-up status, 2010-2013

From: Lost to follow-up among pregnant women in a multi-site community based maternal and newborn health registry: a prospective study

Variable

Lost to Follow-up N (%)

Completed Follow-up N (%)

RR (95% CI)

Follow-up status, N

4,893

277,733

 

Status at enrollment

   

Pregnant

4,145 (96.1)

243,397 (87.7)

2.2 (1.7, 2.8)

Delivered

170 (3.9)

34,206 (12.3)

1.0

Last menstrual period known

   

Yes

3,724 (76.1)

256,241 (92.3)

1.0

No

1,169 (23.9)

21,492 (7.7)

2.2 (1.1, 4.4)

Maternal age

   

< 20

559 (13.0)

33,024 (11.9)

1.2 (1.1, 1.3)

20-35

3,532 (82.0)

233,647 (84.3)

1.0

> 35

214 (5.0)

10,626 (3.8)

0.8 (0.7, 1.1)

Education

   

No formal education

2,090 (48.5)

69,370 (25.1)

1.2 (1.1, 1.4)

Primary

1,283 (29.8)

103,797 (37.5)

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

Secondary

772 (17.9)

83,361 (30.1)

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

University

162 (3.8)

19,963 (7.2)

1.0

Parity

   

0

1,245 (28.9)

93,460 (33.7)

1.0 (1.0, 1.1)

1-2

1,631 (37.8)

117,243 (42.3)

1.0

> 2

1,435 (33.3)

66,217 (23.9)

0.8 (0.7, 0.9)

Last pregnancy resulted in a live birth

   

Yes

2,797 (91.3)

172,183 (93.9)

1.0

No

268 (8.7)

11,164 (6.1)

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)