Parul Christian|Joanne Katz|Lee Wu|Elizabeth Kimbrough-Pradhan|Subarna K. Khatry|Steven C. LeClerq|Keith P. West
Risk factors for pregnancy-related mortality: A prospective study in rural Nepal
Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University|University of Maryland, Baltimore|Nepal Red Cross Society|Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University
study examined risk factors mortality related pregnancy first year post partum cohort 25580 pregnancieslongitudinal cohort followupdetails socioeconomic status midupper arm circumference muac diet illness work substance use previous pregnancy history collected early midgestation women followed 1 year post partum allcause mortality rates per 100000 pregnancies calculated deaths pregnancy 42 days post partum early period 43364 days post partum late period odds ratios mortality estimated using five groups risk factors biological morbidity dietary lifestyle socioeconomic significant factors within group included single risk model time periodearly late pregnancyrelated mortality rates 469 95 confidence interval ci 385553 254 95 ci 192316 respectively maternal age 35 years associated three fourfold increase mortality whereas increasing parity conferred increasing protection final model larger muac consumption dark green leaves associated decreased risk death early period 076 95 ci 067087 064 95 ci 041099 respectively larger muac also associated lower risk death late period diarrhoeadysentery preeclampsia associated increased risk death early period 278 95 ci 140551 295 95 ci 148590 respectively factors weakly associated p01 mortality periods included night blindness strenuous work activity cigarette smoking socioeconomic factors significant modelsmaternal age parity muac diet illness early midgestation associated risk death pregnancy first year post partum rural nepal