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Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: Impact of implementation of a breech clinic in a tertiary hospital

 

Before (n = 162)

n (%)

After (n = 115)

n (%)

p-value

Maternal age in years

  < 21 years

3 (1.9%)

0

0.34

21–34 years

115 (70.9%)

82 (71.3%)

  ≥ 35 years

44 (27.2%)

33 (28.7%)

Body mass index

(/162 observations)

(/113 observations)

 

  < 18.5

5 (3.1%)

5 (4.4%)

0.44

18.5–24

95 (58.6%)

69 (61.1%)

25–30

34 (21%)

27 (23.9%)

  > 30

28 (17.3%)

12 (10.6%)

Ethnic origin

  

0.77

European

64 (39.5%)

54 (47%)

Mediterranean Basin

54 (33.3%)

32 (27.8%)

Sub-saharan Africa

16 (9.9%)

3 (2.6%)

Other

28 (17.3%)

26 (22.6%)

Assisted reproductive technology

9 (5.6%)

8 (6.9%)

0.6

Smoking

21 (14.7%)

12 (11.9%)

0.53

(/143 observations)

(/101 observations)

Primiparity

99 (61.1%)

62 (53.9%)

0.23

Uterine scar

19 (11.7%)

8 (6.9%)

0.19

External cephalic version

103 (63.6%)

92 (80%)

0.003

OR: 2.3 (95% CI: 1.3–4.0)

Gestational diabetes

23 (14.2%)

18 (15.7%)

0.74

Birth weight mean (± SD)

3317.6 (± 432.1)

3253.8 (± 369.6)

0.20

  1. P-value < 0.05 considered statistically significant. OR Odds Ratio; CI Confidence Interval; SD Standard Deviation; BMI Body Mass Index