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Table 1 Maternal and infants characteristics of case (infant died intrapartum or in the neonatal period) and control (infant survived) breech deliveries included in the study

From: Adherence to guidelines and suboptimal practice in term breech delivery with perinatal death- a population-based case-control study in Norway

 

Case N = 19

(%) (100)

Control N = 29

(%) (100)

Maternal age

  > 17 years

2

([10)

0

(0)

 22–34 years

14

(74)

23

(79)

  > 35 year

3

(16)

6

(21)

Parity

 Nullipara

14

(74)

16

(55)

 Multipara

5

(26)

13

(45)

Uterine scar

 Yes

0

(0)

3

(23)

 No

5

(100)

10

(77)

Pre-pregnancy disordersa

 Yes

0

(0)

1c

(4)

 No

16

(100)

25

(96)

Smoking during pregnancyb

 Yes

0

(0)

5

(21)

 No

14

(100)

19

(79)

Mode of delivery

 Vaginal

10

(53)

14

(48)

 Emergency caesarean

6

(31)

9

(31)

 Planned caesaeran

3

(16)

6

(21)

The child:

 Sex

  Male

12

(67)

14

(48)

  Female

7

(33)

15

(52)

  1. cOne mother who delivered vaginally had a congenital heart failure, but there was no contradiction against vaginal delivery
  2. aMissing information in 3 cases and 3 controls
  3. bMissing information in 5 cases and 5 controls