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Table 2 Associations between caesarean section (CS) and risk factors in a multivariate logistic regression model

From: The relationship between midwife-led group-based versus conventional antenatal care and mode of birth: a matched cohort study

Factors

CS

VB

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P-value

No

%

No

%

Ante-natal care

 Group care

19

17.8

91

27.3

1

 

 Standard care

88

82.2

242

72.7

1.7 (0.95, 3.04)

0.073

Use of nitrous

 Yes

33

30.8

206

61.9

1

 

 No

74

69.2

127

38.1

4.0 (2.45, 6.51)

0.000

Previous births

 Previous VB

13

12.1

88

26.4

1

 

 Previous CS

15

14.0

7

2.1

14.8 (4.76, 46.05)

0.000

 No previous birth

79

73.8

238

71.5

2.7 (1.42, 5.28)

0.003