Practice audits to reduce caesareans in a tertiary referral hospital in south-western China
Ma Runmei, Lao Terence T, Sun Yonghu, Xiao Hong, Tian Yuqin, Li Bailuan, Yang Minghui, Yang Weihong, Liang Kun, Liang Guohua, Li Hongyu, Geng Li, Ni Renmin, Qi Wenjin, Chen Zhuo, Du Mingyu, Zhu Bei, Xu Jing, Tao Yanping, Zhang Lan, Song Xianyan, Qu Zaiqing, Sun Qian, Yi Xiaoyun, Yu Jihui & Zhang Dandan
Volume 90, Number 7, July 2012, 488-494
Table 3. Independent maternal and neonatal risk factors for admission to the neonatal intensive care unit for treatment, results of logistic regression, Kunming, Yunnan province, China, 2005–2011
| Factor | β | SE | Wald χ2 | P | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low birth weight | 1.88 | 0.08 | 576.1 | 0.000 | 6.55 (5.62–7.64) |
| Preterm birth | 1.48 | 0.09 | 262.4 | 0.000 | 4.38 (3.66–5.24) |
| Apgar < 7 at 5 minutes | 1.53 | 0.24 | 42.6 | 0.000 | 4.63 (2.92–7.33) |
| Heart disease | 0.94 | 0.23 | 16.5 | 0.000 | 2.56 (1.62–4.02) |
| Diabetes mellitusa | 0.68 | 0.07 | 94.9 | 0.000 | 1.98 (1.73–2.28) |
| Pre-eclampsia | 0.64 | 0.10 | 37.7 | 0.000 | 1.89 (1.54–2.31) |
| PPROM | 0.61 | 0.12 | 27.9 | 0.000 | 1.84 (1.47–2.30) |
| Severe liver diseaseb | 0.54 | 0.21 | 6.6 | 0.010 | 1.72 (1.14–2.60) |
| Multiple gestation | 0.48 | 0.11 | 21.0 | 0.000 | 1.62 (1.31–2.01) |
| PROM | 0.25 | 0.08 | 10.05 | 0.002 | 1.28 (1.10–1.49) |
| Caesarean delivery | 0.23 | 0.05 | 19.01 | 0.000 | 1.26 (1.14–1.40) |
| Male infant | 0.20 | 0.05 | 16.8 | 0.000 | 1.22 (1.11–1.34) |
| Constant | −17.53 | 1.00 | 308.5 | 0.000 | 0.00 (–) |
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio: PPROM, preterm premature rupture of membranes; PROM, premature rupture of membranes (at term); SE, standard error.
a Includes pre-gestational and gestational diabetes mellitus.
b Includes intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, acute fatty liver in pregnancy and liver cancer.