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Table 1 Demographic variables birth seat births compared to all other positions excl. ceaserean section

From: Striving for scientific stringency: a re-analysis of a randomised controlled trial considering first-time mothers’ obstetric outcomes in relation to birth position

 

Birth seat group

Control group

RR/mean difference

 
 

n= 253

n= 697

(95% CI)

P-value

 

n (%)

n (%)

  

Age groups

    

< 25 years

44 (17.4)

121 (17.3)

1.00 (0.73 - 1.37)

1.00

25-35 years

192 (75.1)

495 (71.1)

1.06 (0.98 - 1.16)

0.14

> 35 years

19 (7.5)

81 (11.6)

0.64 (0.40 - 1.04)

0.07

Body Mass Index (SD)

22.7 (±5.1)

22.7 (±5.1)

0.37 (0.80 - 6.65)

0.85

Smoking

22 (8.0)

95 (13.6)

0.63 (0.41 - 0.99)

0.04

Previous caesarean section

2 (0.7)

7 (1.0)

0.78 (0.16 - 3.76)

1.00

Gestational Age

    

< 37 + 6 weeks

10 (3.9)

29 (4.1)

0.95 (0.47 - 1.91)

1.00

38 + 0 - 40 + 6 weeks

202 (79.8)

521 (74.7)

1.06 (0.99 - 1.15)

0.12

> 41 + 0 weeks

41 (16.2)

147 (21.0)

0.76 (0.56 - 1.08)

0.09