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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of Syrian refugee women whose last single pregnancy in Jordan resulted in term live birth or miscarriage (N = 307)

From: Risk factors for miscarriage in Syrian refugee women living in non-camp settings in Jordan: results from the Women ASPIRE cross-sectional study

 

Total (N = 307)

Term live birth (n = 262)

Miscarriage (n = 45)

p value

Age, mean (SD)

29.0 (7.0)

27.1 (6.1)

27.8 (7.4)

0.57

Literacy

   

0.40

 No

43 (14.0)

39 (14.9)

4 (8.9)

 

 Yes

264 (86.0)

223 (85.1)

41 (91.1)

 

Household food insecurity

   

0.40

 No

88 (28.7)

78 (29.8)

10 (22.2)

 

 Yes

219 (71.3)

184 (70.2)

35 (77.8)

 

Region of permanent residence in Syria

   

0.47

 South Syria

137 (44.6)

114 (43.5)

23 (51.1)

 

 Central Syria

54 (17.6)

45 (17.2)

9 (20.0)

 

 North Syria

116 (37.8)

103 (39.3)

13 (28.9)

 

Region of current residence in Jordan

   

0.54

 Central Jordan

171 (55.7)

148 (56.5)

23 (51.1)

 

 North Jordan

136 (44.3)

114 (43.5)

22 (48.9)

 

Lifetime diagnosis of diabetes mellitus

   

0.072

 No

288 (93.8)

249 (95.0)

39 (86.7)

 

 Yes

19 (6.2)

13 (5.0)

6 (13.3)

 

Lifetime diagnosis of thyroid disease

   

0.002

 No

281 (91.5)

246 (93.9)

35 (77.8)

 

 Yes

26 (8.5)

16 (6.1)

10 (22.2)

 

Awareness of a reproductive health service in the area of residence

   

0.40

 No

119 (38.8)

98 (37.4)

19 (46.7)

 

 Yes

188 (61.2)

164 (62.6)

24 (53.3)

 

Advanced maternal age at conception

   

0.003

 No

263 (86.2)

233 (88.9)

30 (69.8)

 

 Yes

42 (13.8)

29 (11.1)

13 (30.2)

 

Prenatal care

   

 < 0.001

 No

26 (8.5)

6 (2.3)

20 (45.5)

 

 Yes

280 (91.5)

256 (97.7)

24 (54.5)

 

Number of previous miscarriages, median (range)

0 (0–4)

0 (0–4)

1 (0–3)

 < 0.001

Child marriage

 No

174 (56.7)

141 (53.8)

33 (73.3)

0.039

 Yes

133 (43.3)

121 (46.2)

12 (26.7)

 

Lifetime physical abuse by the current or most recent husband

   

0.40

 No

120 (39.7)

106 (40.9)

14 (32.6)

 

 Yes

182 (60.3)

153 (59.1)

29 (67.4)

 

Lifetime physical abuse by a family member

   

0.039

 No

235 (76.5)

207 (79.0)

28 (62.2)

 

 Yes

72 (23.5)

55 (21.0)

17 (37.8)

 

CES–D result

   

0.70

 Negative

117 (38.1)

101 (38.5)

16 (35.6)

 

 Positive

190 (61.9)

161 (61.5)

29 (64.4)

 

GAD–7 result

   

0.42

 Negative

136 (44.3)

119 (45.4)

17 (37.8)

 

 Positive

171 (55.7)

143 (54.6)

28 (62.2)

 

PCL–5 result

   

0.33

 Negative

110 (35.8)

98 (37.4)

12 (26.7)

 

 Positive

197 (64.2)

164 (62.6)

33 (73.3)

 
  1. Categorical data are presented as n (%)