Table 6 Mode of birth for the 1940 recruited women with known mode of birth
Mode of birth | Country | Intervention sites | Control sites | Risk ratio [95% CI] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All births | Trial as a whole | 1165 | 775 | |
Germany | 458 | 280 | ||
Ireland | 361 | 249 | ||
Italy | 346 | 246 | ||
VBAC (% of births) | Trial as a whole | 385 (33.0) | 223 (28.8) | 1.16 [1.01, 1.33] |
Germany | 179 (39.1) | 113 (40.4) | 1.00 [0.84, 1.20] | |
Ireland | 125 (34.6) | 65 (26.1) | 1.34 [1.04, 1.74] | |
Italy | 81 (23.4) | 45 (18.3) | 1.31 [0.93, 1.84] | |
Spontaneous vaginal (% of births) | Trial as a whole | 306 (26.3) | 170 (21.9) | 1.22 [1.04, 1.44] |
Germany | 150 (32.8) | 92 (32.9) | 1.06 [0.86, 1.31] | |
Ireland | 84 (23.3) | 38 (15.3) | 1.52 [1.07, 2.15] | |
Italy | 72 (20.8) | 40 (16.3) | 1.31 [0.91, 1.90] | |
Ventouse (% of births) | Trial as a whole | 78 (6.7) | 47 (6.1) | 1.08 [0.76, 1.53] |
Germany | 29 (6.3) | 21 (7.5) | 0.77 [0.45, 1.32] | |
Ireland | 40 (11.1) | 21 (8.4) | 1.38 [0.82, 2.34] | |
Italy | 9 (2.6) | 5 (2.0) | 1.28 [0.42, 3.90] | |
Forceps (% of births) | Trial as a whole | 1 (0.1) | 6 (0.8) | 0.16 [0.03, 0.99] |
Germany | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | No data | |
Ireland | 1 (0.3) | 6 (2.4) | 0.16 [0.03, 0.99] | |
Italy | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | No data | |
Elective CS (% of births) | Trial as a whole | 504 (43.3) | 393 (50.7) | 0.85 [0.77, 0.93] |
Germany | 178 (38.9) | 98 (35.0) | 1.05 [0.85, 1.30] | |
Ireland | 119 (33.0) | 131 (52.6) | 0.65 [0.54, 0.78] | |
Italy | 207 (59.8) | 164 (66.7) | 0.89 [0.78, 1.00] | |
Emergency CS (not in labour) (% of births) | Trial as a whole | 141 (12.1) | 57 (7.4) | 1.64 [1.22, 2.21] |
Germany | 41 (9.0) | 13 (4.6) | 1.88 [1.02, 3.46] | |
Ireland | 61 (16.9) | 17 (6.8) | 2.27 [1.35, 3.83] | |
Italy | 39 (11.3) | 27 (11.0) | 1.10 [0.70, 1.74] | |
Emergency CS (in labour) (% of births) | Trial as a whole | 135 (11.6) | 102 (13.2) | 0.88 [0.68, 1.13] |
Germany | 60 (13.1) | 56 (20.0) | 0.69 [0.48, 0.98] | |
Ireland | 56 (15.5) | 36 (14.5) | 1.07 [0.70, 1.64] | |
Italy | 19 (5.5) | 10 (4.1) | 1.27 [0.61, 2.66] |