Skip to main content

Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analyses of the potential risk factors for a postabortion hemorrhage

From: Effects of gestational age and the mode of surgical abortion on postabortion hemorrhage and fever: evidence from population-based reproductive health survey in Georgia

Risk factors

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Crude OR

CI 95%

P

Adjusted OR

CI 95%

P

Lower

Upper

Lower

Upper

Age

1.277

0.783

2.081

0.327

    

Residence

0.964

0.516

1.802

0.909

    

Education

0.988

0.863

1.131

0.861

    

Wealth

0.931

0.747

1.160

0.525

    

Ethnicity

1.024

0.814

1.289

0.838

    

Employment

1.062

0.488

2.310

0.879

    

Parity

0.972

0.651

1.450

0.888

    

# of induced abortions

1.338

1.012

1.769

0.041

1.330

1.006

1.759

0.046

Method of abortion

3.526

1.886

6.592

<0.001

4.397

2.239

8.638

<0.001

Gestational age

0.739

0.339

1.609

0.446

1.909

0.823

4.428

0.132

Back to article page

BMC Women's Health

ISSN: 1472-6874

Contact us