Clinical outcomes of prophylactic compression sutures for treatment of uterine atony during the cesarean delivery of twins

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

Characteristics	Patients without compression sutures (n = 806)	Patients with compression sutures (n = 147)	p-value
Age at delivery (year)^a	34.3 ± 3.1	34.0 ± 3.1	0.349
BMI at delivery (kg/m²)^a	26.9 ± 3.2	27.5 ± 3.3	0.039
Previous abdomino-pelvic surgery^b	265 (32.9%)	50 (34.0%)	0.776
Mode of conception^b			0.150
Natural	77 (9.5%)	11 (7.5%)
COH + TI/IUI	99 (12.3%)	11 (7.5%)
IVF/T-ET	630 (78.2%)	125 (85.0%)
Parity^c			0.175
0	699 (86.7%)	134 (91.2%)
≥ 1	107 (13.3%)	13 (8.8%)
Chorionicity^c			0.25
MCDA	69 (8.6%)	8 (5.4%)
DCDA	737 (91.4%)	139 (94.6%)

BMI Body mass index, COH Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, TI Timed intercourse, IUI Intrauterine insemination, IVF In vitro fertilization, T-ET Thawing-embryo transfer, MCDA Monochorionic diamniotic, DCDA Dichorionic diamniotic. N (%) or mean ± standard deviation
^aStudent’s t-test, ^bChi-squared test, ^cFisher’s exact test

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