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Table 2 Baseline variables by PPH status

From: Cost of hospital care of women with postpartum haemorrhage in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda: a financial case for improved prevention

Baseline variable

No PPH N = 1485

PPH N = 1481

All N = 2966

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

 Nulliparous

735

49.5

785

53.0

1520

51.2

 Labor induced

179

12.1

188

12.7

367

12.4

 Labor augmented

642

43.2

761

51.4

1403

47.3

 Instrument-assisted vaginal birth

34

2.3

79

5.3

113

3.8

 Perineal trauma leading to suture

1011

68.1

1074

72.5

2085

70.3

 Baby alive

1452

97.8

1460

98.6

2912

98.2

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 Mother age (years)

25.3

4.8

25.8

5.2

25.5

5.0

 Gestational age (completed weeks)

38.4

2.3

38.7

2.0

38.6

2.1

 Birth weight (g)

2881

548

3133

551

3007

563

Baseline variable among parous women

No PPH N = 750

PPH N = 696

All parous women N = 1446

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

 CS in previous pregnancies

39

5.2

56

8.0

95

6.6

 PPH in previous pregnancies

6

0.8

39

5.6

45

3.1