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The first control was of women with complications while the second control was of women without complications. Data on individual and clinical obstetric characteristics of cases and controls was extracted from clinical case files. A Firth penalised conditional logistic regression was used to identify the clinical factors associated with severe maternal outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The overall SMO incidence ratio and MMR were 34.7 per 1000 live births and 130.8 per 100 000 live births respectively. Haemorrhage (48.8%) and hypertension (46.9%) were the most common underlying causes of SMOs. The SMO incidence ratio was 39.0 and 30.2 per 1000 live births for Hospital 1 and 2 respectively. Not receiving antenatal care was the most significant risk for SMOs (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). In women with complications, not initiating ANC attendance (AOR\u2009=\u200911.0; CI\u2009=\u20092.6\u201346.0) or having less than 4 ANC visits (AOR\u2009=\u20092.2; CI\u2009=\u20091.2\u20134.2) had the highest risk for SMOs (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). In women without complications, anaemia (AORs\u2009=\u20093.0; CI\u2009=\u20091.4\u20136.6; p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01), and hypertension (AORs\u2009=\u200971; CI\u2009=\u20094.2\u22121,196.2), significantly increased the odds of SMOs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The severe maternal incidence was high in both hospitals. Obstetric haemorrhage and hypertension were significantly associated with most SMOs. 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