Table 2 Antepartum related characteristics of the study participants in the selected public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024 (n = 340)

ANC follow-up

Yes

326

95.9

No

14

4.1

Number of ANC follow-up (n = 326)

Only once

4

1.2

2–3 times

25

7.7

≥ 4 times

297

91.1

Gestational age (GA) at first visit of ANC (n = 326)

1st trimester

114

35

2nd trimester

186

57.1

3rd trimester

26

8.0

VDRL result

Reactive

9

2.6

Non-reactive

327

96.2

Unknown

4

1.2

Parity

Primipara

155

45.6

Multipara

185

54.4

Pregnancy interval in years (n = 185)

< 1

11

5.9

1–2

63

34.1

≥ 3

111

60

Previous pregnancy adverse outcome (n = 185)

Yes

41

22.2

No

144

77.8

Current pregnancy obstetric complication

Yes

104

30.6

No

236

69.4

PROM (n = 340)

Yes

125

36.8

No

215

63.2