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Table 3 Risk factors for developing abnormally adherent placenta

From: Emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary teaching hospital in Northern Jordan: a 15-year review

Risk factor

Normal placentation (%) (n=33)

Abnormal placentation (%) (n=26)

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Previous cesarean section

  

10.22

(0.53-194.05)

0.06

 Noa

5 (100%)

0 (0.0%)

   

 Yes

28 (51.9%)

26 (48.1%)

   

≥ 2 previous cesarean section

  

5.21

(1.03-26.42)

0.04

 Noa

10 (83.3%)

2 (16.7%)

   

 Yes

23 (48.9%)

24 (51.1%)

   

Placenta previa

  

14.28

(1.71-119.12)

0.003

 Noa

12 (92.3%)

1 (7.7%)

   

 Yes

21 (45.7%)

25 (54.3%)

   

Previous cesarean section and placenta previa

  

16.25

(1.95-135.01)

0.001

 Noa

13 (92.8%)

1 (7.2%)

   

 Yes

20 (44.4%)

25 (55.6%)

   

Age (years)

  

3.50

(1.06-11.52)

0.03

 < 35a

15 (75%)

5 (25%)

   

 ≥ 35

18 (46.2%)

21 (53.8%)

   

Previous evacuation

  

3.12

(1.03-9.45)

0.04

 Noa

25 (65.8%)

13 (34.2%)

   

 Yes

8 (38.1%)

13 (61.9%)

   

Grand parity

  

0.81

(0.28-2.36)

0.70

 Noa

20 (51.3%)

17 (48.8%)

   

 Yes

13 (58.3%)

9 (41.7%)

   

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

  

1.39

(0.48-4.02)

0.54

 ≥37a

14 (60.9%)

9 (39.1%)

   

 <37

19 (52.8%)

17 (47.2%)

   
  1. CI confidence interval
  2. aReference group