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Table 2 Characteristics of pregnancy for which PAC was sought by timing of abortion

From: Timing of abortion among adolescent and young women presenting for post-abortion care in Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis of nationally-representative data

Reproductive characteristics

%

Timing of abortiona

 

(N = 1145)

≤12 weeks (n = 717)

> 12 weeks (n = 426)

Pr (χ2c > χ2)

Sign

Clinical abortion stage

     

 Inevitable Abortion (n = 120)

9.9

6.9

14.7

0.242

 

 Incomplete Abortion (n = 842)

67.6

69.5

64.4

  

 Missed Abortion (n = 37)

2.7

2.8

2.6

  

 Complete Abortion (n = 146)

19.8

20.8

18.4

  

Nature of index abortion

     

 Spontaneous (n = 747)

59.9

61.8

57.5

0.233

 

 Induced (n = 398)

40.1

38.2

42.5

  

Facility of first care

     

 Self-Induction (n = 57)

19.8

17.0

24.2

0.516

 

 Trained personnel (n = 210)

40.7

43.5

37.5

  

 cUntrained personnel (n = 131)

39.6

39.5

38.2

  

Severity of PAC complication

     

 Low (n = 299)

21.5

25.5

15.5

0.034

*

 Moderate (n = 482)

40.2

41.3

38.6

  

 Severe (n = 364)

38.3

33.2

45.9

  
  1. a2 cases with missing timing data were excluded
  2. *** p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05; * p < 0.1; † p > =0.1