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Table 2 Complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour in ‘low risk’ women by planned place of birth and parity

From: A comparison of intrapartum interventions and adverse outcomes by parity in planned freestanding midwifery unit and alongside midwifery unit births: secondary analysis of ‘low risk’ births in the birthplace in England cohort

 

Nulliparous

Multiparous

FMU

AMU

FMU

AMU

n = 5187

n = 8350

n = 6078

n = 8323

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Prolonged rupture of membranes (>18 h)

143

2.8

260

3.1

87

1.4

122

1.5

Meconium stained liquor

77

1.5

134

1.6

63

1.0

99

1.2

Proteinuria (1+ or more)

75

1.4

227

2.7

35

0.6

142

1.7

Hypertension

46

0.9

77

0.9

31

0.5

36

0.4

Abnormal vaginal bleeding

12

0.2

29

0.3

10

0.2

8

0.1

Non-cephalic presentation

14

0.3

18

0.2

10

0.2

11

0.1

Abnormal fetal heart rate

37

0.7

40

0.5

15

0.2

25

0.3

Other

9

0.2

8

0.1

8

0.1

9

0.1

One or more complicating conditions

368

7.1

723

8.7

251

4.1

431

5.2

  1. Bold data indicates the row that show summary measure of all the rows above