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Table 2 Crude and adjusted analyses for the association between absence of postnatal visit and maternal characteristics.

From: Inequities in maternal postnatal visits among public and private patients: 2004 Pelotas cohort study

Variables

OR crude

(95% CI)

pa

OR adjusted

(95% CI)

pa

Family income (quintiles)

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   1st (poorest)

5.48 (4.05; 7.42)

 

2.61 (1.85; 3.66)

 

   2nd

4.39 (3.24; 5.96)

 

2.17 (1.55; 3.05)

 

   3rd

3.20 (2.34; 4.38)

 

2.02 (1.44; 2.82)

 

   4th

2.06 (1.49; 2.85)

 

1.51 (1.07; 2.13)

 

   5th (better-off)

Reference

 

Reference

 

Maternal skin colour

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   Black/mixed

1.91 (1.63; 2.25)

 

1.37 (1.16; 1.63)

 

   White

Reference

 

Reference

 

Maternal schooling (y)

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   0-4

4.76 (3.77. 6.02)

 

2.64 (2.01; 3.48)

 

   5-8

3.27 (2.69; 3.97)

 

2.04 (1.64; 2.54)

 

   ≥ 9

Reference

 

Reference

 

Marital status

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   Single mother

1.62 (1.33; 1.98)

 

1.49 (1.20; 1.86)

 

   With partner

Reference

 

Reference

 

Maternal age (y)

 

< 0.001

 

0.001

   < 20

1.63 (1.23; 2.15)

 

1.88 (1.31; 2.70)

 

   20-34

1.06 (0.83; 1.35)

 

1.25 (0.95; 1.65)

 

   ≥ 35

Reference

 

Reference

 

Parity

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   0

Reference

 

Reference

 

   1

1.25 (1.01; 1.54)

 

1.47 (1.15; 1.87)

 

   ≥ 2

2.03 (1.69; 2.45)

 

1.89 (1.46; 2.43)

 

Smoking during pregnancy

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   Never smoked

Reference

 

Reference

 

   Smoked < 10 cigarettes p/day

2.03 (1.67; 2.47)

 

1.33 (1.03; 1.73)

 

   Smoked ≥ 10 cigarettes p/day

2.74 (2.11; 3.56)

 

1.65 (1.32; 2.06)

 

Adequacy of antenatal care (Kessner Index)

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   Adequate

    

   Intermediate

Reference

 

Reference

 

   Inadequate

2.67 (2.18; 3.26)

 

1.77 (1.42; 2.20)

 

   No prenatal care

3.44 (2.79; 4.23)

 

1.95 (1.56; 2.45)

 
 

9.39 (5.10; 17.29)

 

3.60 (1.87; 6.92)

 

Type of delivery

 

< 0.001

 

0.01

   Vaginal

2.24 (1.89; 2.65)

 

1.29 (1.06; 1.57)

 

   C-section

Reference

 

Reference

 

Professional who assisted the delivery

 

< 0.001

 

0.029

   Doctor

    

   Student

Reference

 

Reference

 

   Midwife/nurse

1.66 (1.29; 2.14)

 

1.14 (0.86; 1.50)

 

   Nobody/other

2.95 (1.16; 7.49)

 

2.11 (0.77; 5.76)

 
 

5.23 (2.89; 9.47)

 

2.35 (1.22; 4.51)

 

Type of insurance scheme

 

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

   Public

9.20 (6.21; 13.64)

 

3.08 (1.99; 4.79)

 

   Private

Reference

 

Reference

 
  1. a Wald's test