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Table 1 Patient characteristics by race and ethnicity

From: Racial and ethnic differences in primary, unscheduled cesarean deliveries among low-risk primiparous women at an academic medical center: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristic

Total

White

Black

Asian

Hispanic

(n = 4,483)

(n = 3,168)

(n = 344)

(n = 204)

(n = 767)

 

n/(%)

n/(%)

n/(%)

n/(%)

n/(%)

Maternal age (yr)

     

  0- ≤ 19

43 (12.5)

345 (10.9)

43 (12.5)

7 (3.4)

311 (40.5)

  20- ≤ 24

112 (32.6)

688 (21.7)

112 (32.6)

29 (14.2)

285 (37.2)

  25- ≤ 29

124 (36.0)

987 (31.2)

124 (36.0)

72 (35.3)

108 (14.1)

  30- ≤ 34

48 (14.0)

803 (25.3)

48 (14.0)

72 (35.3)

47 (6.1)

  ≥35

17 (4.9)

345 (10.9)

17 (4.9)

24 (11.8)

16 (2.1)

Body mass index

     

  Underweight

199 (4.4)

118 (3.7)

10 (2.9)

24 (11.8)

47 (6.1)

  Normal weight

2,547(56.8)

1,790 (56.5)

184 (53.5)

152 (74.5)

421 (54.9)

  Overweight

1,043 (23.3)

754 (23.8)

92 (26.7)

18 (8.8)

179 (23.3)

  Obese

694 (15.5)

506 (16.0)

58 (16.9)

10 (4.9)

120 (15.6)

Neonate size

     

  SGA

410 (9.1)

238 (7.5)

34 (9.9)

39 (19.1)

99 (12.9)

  AGA

3,766 (84.0)

2,674 (84.4)

296 (86.0)

159 (77.9)

637 (83.1)

  LGA

307 (6.8)

256 (8.1)

14 (4.1)

6 (2.9)

31 (4.0)

Delivery mode

     

  SVD

3,322 (74.1)

2,333 (73.6)

251 (73.0)

136 (66.7)

602 (78.5)

  OVD

411 (9.2)

300 (9.5)

23 (6.7)

28 (13.7)

60 (7.8)

  ICD

750 (16.7)

535 (16.9)

70 (20.3)

40 (19.6)

105 (13.7)

  1. SGA small for gestational age, AGA appropriate for gestation age, LGA large for gestational age.
  2. SVD spontaneous vaginal delivery, OVD operative vaginal delivery, ICD intrapartum cesarean delivery.