Risk factors and racial disparities related to low maternal birth satisfaction with labor induction: a prospective, cohort study

Table 1 Baseline demographics of study sample: women undergoing labor induction

Age ^a	29 [25–34]
Race
Black	213 (64.6)
Non-Black	117 (35.4)
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic	316 (95.8)
Hispanic	14 (4.2)
Insurance Type
Private/Individual	152 (46.1)
Medicaid/Uninsured	178 (53.9)
BMI at Delivery
< 25	24 (7.3)
25–29.9	84 (25.5)
30–34.9	103 (31.2)
35–39.9	53 (16.1)
≥ 40	66 (20.0)
Number of prenatal visits ^a	11 [8–13]
Parity
Nulliparous	203 (61.5)
Multiparous	127 (38.5)
Pregestational diabetes	8 (2.4)
Chronic hypertension	23 (7.0)
Indication for labor induction
Maternal indications ^b	131 (39.7)
Fetal indications ^c	114 (34.6)
Elective/ Other ^d	49 (14.9)
Late term	36 (10.9)
Gestational Age at Delivery (weeks) ^a	39 [38–40]
Modified Bishop Score at start of labor induction ^a	2 [1–3]
Cervical dilation at start of labor induction	2 [0–2]
Labor induction agent
Misoprostol alone	11 (3.3)
Foley alone	15 (4.6)
Foley + Misoprostol	265 (80.3
Foley + Pitocin	37 (11.2)
Other	2 (0.6)
Regional Anesthesia	312 (94.6)

Data are presented as n(%) unless otherwise indicated
^aMedian [Interquartile Range]
^bExamples include: chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, diabetes, renal disease, history of venous thromboembolism, cardiac disease or other chronic medical condition where labor induction was recommended
^cExamples include: Oligohydramnios, intrauterine growth restriction, abnormality on fetal testing
^dExamples of “other” include: history of an intrauterine fetal demise, vaginal bleeding at term, cholestasis

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