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Table 3 Sensitivity Checks

From: Cesarean deliveries and maternal weight retention

 

Multiple comparisons

Propensity scores as weights

Restricted Sample

Panel A: Maternal weight (pounds)

(1)

(2)

(3)

 Cesarean Delivery  (Malpresentation)

159.24

158.88

159.08

 

(157.54, 158.46)

(157.13, 160.63)

(157.36, 163.40)

 Vaginal Delivery

158.00

159.98

160.38

 

(158.46, 162.09)

(159.60, 160.36)

(157.36, 163.40)

 P-value (statistically  different)

0.39

0.18

0.55

Panel B: Maternal BMI

   

 Cesarean Delivery  (Malpresentation)

26.54

26.42

26.54

 

(26.08, 26.99)

(26.15, 26.70)

(26.06, 27.03)

 Vaginal Delivery

26.46

26.69

26.81

 

(26.39, 26.54)

(26.61, 26.76)

(26.34, 27.29)

 P-value (statistically  different)

0.75

0.04

0.44

Panel C: Mother Obese

   

 Cesarean Delivery  (Malpresentation)

22.91%

24.04%

22.27%

 

(19.95, 25.87)

(21.82, 26.27)

(19.07, 25.48)

 Vaginal Delivery

24.02

24.62%

25.19%

 

(23.53, 24.51)

(24.11, 25.13)

(21.85, 28.54)

 P-value (statistically  different)

0.47

0.58

0.22

N

29,463

29,463

1302

  1. Notes: Column 1 compares mean postpartum weight measures of mothers with fetal malpresentation Cesarean and vaginal delivery where we have allowed multiple comparison matches per treatment observation. Column 2 contains predicted means obtained after a multivariate regression model using the propensity scores as weights and adjusting for covariates listed in the text. Column 3 compares mean postpartum weight measures using a matched sample that excludes mothers with malpresentation risk factors. The p-values listed correspond to the difference between Cesarean (due to fetal malpresentation) and vaginal deliveries in each model (column). The three panels (A-C) correspond to each weight measure