Background characteristics of misclassified and true antepartum stillbirth
| Misclassified antepartum stillbirth (N-29) | True antepartum stillbirth (N-90) | Total (N-119) | P value | |
| Formal education | ||||
| Formal education | 1 (3.4%) | 7 (7.8%) | 8 (6.7%) | |
| No formal education | 28 (96.6%) | 83 (92.2%) | 111 (93.3%) | 0.678* |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Advantaged group | 17 (58.6%) | 38 (42.2%) | 55 (46.2%) | |
| Disadvantaged group | 12 (41.4%) | 52 (57.8%) | 64 (53.8%) | 0.123† |
| Parity | ||||
| Nullipara | 12 (41.4%) | 37 (41.1%) | 49 (41.2%) | |
| Primi | 5 (17.2%) | 29 (32.2%) | 34 (28.6%) | |
| Multipara | 12 (41.4%) | 24 (26.7%) | 36 (30.3%) | |
| Antenatal care (ANC) | ||||
| At least one ANC | 1 (3.4%) | 7 (7.8%) | 8 (6.7%) | |
| No ANC | 28 (96.6%) | 83 (92.2%) | 111 (93.3%) | 0.678* |
| Delivery preparations | ||||
| Yes | 1 (3.4%) | 7 (7.8%) | 8 (6.7%) | |
| No | 28 (96.6%) | 83 (92.2%) | 111 (93.3%) | 0.678* |
| Complication during pregnancy | ||||
| No | 21 (72.4%) | 82 (91.1%) | 103 (86.6%) | |
| Yes | 8 (27.6%) | 8 (8.9%) | 16 (13.4%) | 0.01† |
| Low birth weight | ||||
| 2500 g or more | 20 (69.0%) | 80 (88.9%) | 100 (84.0%) | |
| Less than 2500 g | 9 (31.0%) | 10 (11.1%) | 19 (16.0%) | 0.01† |
| Preterm | ||||
| 37 week or more | 22 (75.9%) | 79 (87.8%) | 101 (84.9%) | |
| Less than 37 weeks | 7 (24.1%) | 11 (12.2%) | 18 (15.1%) | 0.119† |
| Sex | ||||
| Boy | 14 (48.3%) | 44 (48.9%) | 58 (48.7%) | |
| Girl | 15 (51.7%) | 46 (51.1%) | 61 (51.3%) | 0.954† |
*Fischer’s exact test.
†Pearson’s χ2 test.