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Table 1 Characteristics of laboring women who require operative delivery assistance, N (%) (N = 3408)

From: Effects of maternal obesity on the success of assisted vaginal delivery in Chinese women

 

Normal weight (N = 2059) Average BMI = 20.5

Over weight (N = 360) Average BMI = 26.3

Obese (N = 629) Average BMI = 31.2

P-value

Age (years)

 < 20

166 (8.1)

22 (6.1)

34 (5.5)

0.282

 20–24

327 (15.9)

61 (16.9)

109 (17.3)

 

 25–29

580 (28.2)

109 (30.3)

187 (29.8)

 

 30–35

634 (30.8)

102 (28.5)

177 (28.1)

 

 > 35

348 (16.9)

66 (18.2)

121 (19.3)

 

 Smoking

187 (9.1)

12 (12.0)

72 (11.5)

0.018

 Diabetes (Type I, II or GDM)

92 (4.6)

22 (6.1)

80 (12.8)

< 0.001

 Hypertension: PIH, Chronic & Preeclampsia

148 (7.3)

29 (8.1)

125 (19.9)

< 0.001

 Received prenatal care

2028 (98.5)

356 (99.1)

624 (99.2)

0.578

 Induction

1466 (71.2)

249 (69.2)

513 (81.5)

< 0.001

 Epidural Anesthesia

1812 (88.0)

308 (85.7)

560 (89.1)

0.719

Adherence to 2009 IOM guideline

 Inadequate

331 (16.1)

55 (15.2)

127 (20.2)

< 0.001

 Appropriate

679 (33.0)

106 (29.5)

94 (14.9)

 

 Excessive

1052 (51.1)

176 (48.9)

412 (65.5)

 

Gestational age

 EGA ≥34 –< 37 weeks

88 (4.3)

19 (5.2)

27 (4.3)

0.747

 EGA 37+ weeks

1966 (95.5)

334 (92.9)

602 (95.7)

 

Neonate weight

 LGA

222 (10.8)

39 (11.0)

41 (6.5)

0.001

 AGA

1700 (82.6)

303 (84.2)

517 (82.3)

 

 SGA

132 (6.4)

33 (9.1)

71 (11.2)

 
  1. GDM (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus), EGA (Estimation of Gestational Age), IOM (Institute of Medicine), SGA (Small for Gestational Age), AGA (Appropriate of Gestational Age), LGA (Large for Gestational Age)