Teenage Pregnancy and Its Adverse Obstetric and Perinatal Outcomes at Lemlem Karl Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018

Table 6

Bivariate and multivariate analysis of the adverse perinatal outcomes of teenagers and adult mothers delivered at Lemlem Karl general hospital, Tigray region, Ethiopia, 2018 ().

Variable	Category	Perinatal outcomes of preterm delivery		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		Yes N (%)	No N (%)
Age	Teenage	40 (74.1)	269 (47.7)	3.13 (1.67–5.89)	2.87 (1.49–5.52)	0.002
	Adult	14 (25.9)	295 (51.3)	1	1
Residence	Rural	35 (64.8)	284 (50.4)	1.8 (1.04–3.25)	1.35 (0.74–2.49	0.33
	Urban	19 (35.2)	280 (49.6)	1	1
APH	Yes	7 (13)	22 (3.9)	3.67 (1.49–9.03)	4.9 (1.9–12.9)	0.001
	No	47 (87)	542 (95.1)	1	1
PIH	Yes	11 (20.4)	37 (6.6)	3.64 (1.74–7.65)	3.02 (1.39–6.6)	0.005
	No	43 (79.6)	527 (93.4)	1	1
Low birth weight
Age	Teenage	54 (72)	255 (47)	2.91 (1.71–4.94)	2.22 (1.13–4.36)	0.021
	Adult	21 (28)	288 (53)	1	1
Residence	Rural	54 (73)	265 (48.7)	2.84 (1.66–4.88)	2.27 (1.29–3.97)	0.004
	Urban	20 (27)	279 (51.3)
Gravidity	Primigravida	50 (67.6)	29 (53.3)	1.83 (1.09–3.05)	1.04 (0.55–1.97)	0.911
	Multigravida	24 (32.4)	254 (46.7)	1	1
PIH	Yes	19 (25.3)	29 (5.3)	6.1 (3.23–11.66)	4.89 (2.53–9.52)	0.001
	No	56 (74.7)	514 (94.7)	1	1
Still birth/IUFD
Age	Teenage	19 (65.5)	290 (49.2)	1.96 (0.89–4.28)	—	0.43
	Adult	10 (34.5)	299 (50.8)	1
SNC
Age	Teenage	33 (75.0)	276 (48.1)	3.24 (1.606–6.534)	2.98 (1.25–7.14)	0.014
	Adult	11 (25.0)	298 (51.9)	1	1
Residence	Rural	28 (70)	291 (50.3)	2 (1.10–4.10)	1.58 (0.797–3.12)	0.19
	Urban	12 (30)	287 (49.7)	1	1
Gravidity	Primigravida	30 (75)	310 (53.6)	1.83 (0.95–3.51)	0.92 (0.41–2.05)	0.837
	Multigravida	10 (25)	268 (46.4)	1	1
PIH	Yes	41 (7)	7 (15.9)	2.46 (1.03–5.86)	1.59 (0.63–4.00)	0.326
	No	533 (93)	37 (84.1	1	1
Fetal distress
Age	Teenage	15 (53.6)	294 (49.8)	1.16 (0.54–2.48)	—	0.699
	Adult	13 (46.4)	296 (50.2)	1