Placental pathology and maternal factors associated with stillbirth: An institutional based case-control study in Northern Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the placental pathologies and maternal factors associated with stillbirth at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, a tertiary referral hospital in Northern Tanzania.

Methods

A 1:2 unmatched case-control study was carried out among deliveries over an 8-month period. Stillbirths were a case group and live births were the control group. Respective placentas of the newborns from both groups were histopathologically analyzed. Maternal information was collected via chart review. Mean and standard deviation were used to summarize the numerical variables while frequency and percentage were used to summarize categorical variables. Crude and adjusted logistic regressions were done to test the association between each variable and the risk of stillbirth.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Lema G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7775101 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature