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Table 2 Meta-analysis of the association between mode of delivery and postpartum sexual function

From: Sexual dysfunction and mode of delivery in Chinese primiparous women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Variables

 

Eligible

Number

OR (95% CI)

P

Heterogeneity Test

Effect Model

  

Studies

CD

VD

  

P

I 2 (%)

 

Sexual Satisfaction

         

3 month

5

740

742

1.53 (0.93, 2.49)

0.09

0.0007

79

Random

6 month

6

1011

901

1.15 (0.95, 1.39)

0.16

0.99

0

Fixed

Resumed Intercourse

 

3 month

9

1252

1197

2.05 (1.36, 3.11)

0.0007

<0.0001

77

Random

6 month

8

1188

1141

1.50 (1.04, 2.16)

0.03

0.56

0

Fixed

Sexual Pain

 

3 month

7

1010

1022

0.29 (0.24, 0.36)

<0.00001

0.63

0

Fixed

6 month

7

1223

1126

0.73 (0.58, 0.93)

0.01

0.76

0

Fixed

  1. CD cesarean delivery, VD spontaneous vaginal delivery, OR odds ratios, 95%CI 95% confidence interval