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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Influence of the second stage of labor on maternal and neonatal outcomes in vaginal births after caesarean section: a multicenter study in Germany

 

Group I (n = 958)

Group II (n = 588)

Total (n = 1564)

p

Age (years)

32.5 ± 5.1

32.5 ± 4.9

32.5 ± 5.0

0.702

Parity

2.4 ± 0.8

2.3 ± 0.8

2.4 ± 0.80

0.055

Gestational age (weeks)

39.0 ± 2.1

39.0 ± 2.1

39.1 ± 2.1

0.182

BMI (kg/m2)

25.4 ± 5.6

26.0 ± 6.2

25.7 ± 5.8

0.197

Previous vaginal birth

211 (28.7%)

136 (23.6%)

347 (26.4%)

0.036

Prostaglandin used

264 (27.6%)

213 (36.2%)

477 (30.9%)

< 0.001

Oxytocin used

410 (42.9%)

160 (27.2%)

570 (36.9%)

< 0.001

Oxytocin and prostaglandin used

117 (12.2%)

61 (10.4%)

178 (11.5%)

0.271

Gestational diabetes

110 (11.5%)

61 (10.4%)

171 (11.1%)

0.503

Hypertensive, pregnancy-related disease

51 (5.3%)

34 (5.8%)

85 (5.5%)

0.699

Birthweight of previous infant delivered by CD (g)

3049 ± 811

3059 ± 816

3052 ± 811

0.649

Neonatal weight (g)

3351 ± 587

3332 ± 586

3344 ± 586

0.757

Preterm birth (≤ 36 + 6 weeks of gestation)

114 (11.9%)

72 (12.2%)

186 (12.0%)

0.840

Median duration of the second stage of labor (minutes) (n = 789)

57.4 ± 56.3

65.4 ± 60.7

61.0 ± 58.5

0.098

Median duration of the second stage of labor (minutes) for patients with previous vaginal birth (n = 227)

28.3 ± 38.3

31.82 ± 42.3

29.91 ± 40.1

0.910

Median duration of the second stage of labor (minutes) for patients without previous vaginal birth (n = 560)

69.3 ± 58.2

79.3 ± 61.9

73.8 ± 60.0

0.045