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Table 1 Baseline Maternal Demographic and Obstetric Characteristics

From: Effect of epidural analgesia in trial of labor after cesarean on maternal and neonatal outcomes in China: a multicenter, prospective cohort study

Characteristic

TOLAC (control)

TOLAC (study)

Statistics

P value

N

(All)

N (%) or Mean ± SD

N

(All)

N (%) or Mean ± SD

Hospital name

160

 

263

 

41.02053

< 0.001

MCH

 

131(81.88%)

 

179(68.06%)

  

BA

 

1(0.62%)

 

59(22.43%)

  

LG

 

28(17.50%)

 

25(9.51%)

  

General information

 Age (y)

160

32 ± 4

262

32 ± 4

21,481.5

0.667

 Gestational age (day)

158

272 ± 14

260

274 ± 10

18,846.5

0.157

 BMI (kg/m2)

158

26.45 ± 2.93

259

26.59 ± 3.08

19,040.5

0.234

 Maternal education > 12 y

116

116(72.96%)

193

193(74.23%)

 

0.819

 Husband education > 12 y

118

118(74.21%)

207

207(79.62%)

 

0.228

 Housewives

159

13(8.18%)

259

21(8.11%)

 

1

History of pregnancy and childbirth

 History of previous vaginal delivery

151

14(9.27%)

254

15(5.91%)

 

0.233

 Gravidity

157

 

260

 

2.264

0.322

 2

 

70(44.59%)

 

98(37.69%)

  

 3

 

62(39.49%)

 

121(46.54%)

  

 > 3

 

25(15.92%)

 

41(15.77%)

  

 Time from last cesarean section (y)

156

 

261

  

0.042

 ≤ 3

 

1(0.64%)

 

9(3.45%)

  

 ≤ 5

 

88(56.41%)

 

165(63.22%)

  

 > 5

 

67(42.95%)

 

87(33.33%)

  

 Progress of Labor during previous Caesarean section (cervical dilation: cm)

148

 

256

 

5.093

0.165

 0

 

83(56.08%)

 

130(50.78%)

  

 < 3

 

36(24.32%)

 

87(33.98%)

  

 ≥ 3

 

19(12.84%)

 

29(11.33%)

  

 10

 

10(6.76%)

 

10(3.91%)

  

 Cervical score at admission (score)

151

6.54 ± 1.76

253

6.22 ± 2.12

20,321.5

0.27

 Cervical dilation at admission < 3 cm

156

108(69.23%)

259

237(91.51%)

 

< 0.001

 Effacement ≤50

151

47(31.13%)

256

80(31.25%)

 

1

 The onset of labor: Spontaneous

156

136(87.18%)

262

251(95.80%)

 

0.002

 Oxytocin during labor

144

10(6.94%)

244

22(9.02%)

 

0.568

Maternal comorbidities

 Gestational diabetes mellitus

155

16(10.32%)

261

23(8.81%)

 

0.606

 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

155

3(1.94%)

260

4(1.54%)

 

0.716

 Hypothyroidism

155

4(2.58%)

260

8(3.08%)

 

1

 Asthma

153

0(0.00%)

261

3(1.15%)

 

0.299

Prepartum Laboratory test

 HGB (g/L:115–150)

159

119.28 ± 15.05

259

116.68 ± 11.17

22,643

0.087

 PLT (125–350)

159

209.47 ± 55.51

260

210.03 ± 53.70

20,399.5

0.822

  1. BMI Body mass index, HGB Hemoglobin, PLT Platelet
  2. Data are Mean ± SD, or N (%). SD Standard deviation
  3. Comparisons were made using two-sided Student’s t test or Wilcoxon rank sum test for non-normally distributed variables
  4. Comparisons were made using Pearson’s Chi-squared test and Fisher’s exact test for proportions
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