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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of study population, at UKM Medical Center from 1st January 2013 until 31st December 2019, n = 58

From: Use of the Arabin pessary in women at high risk for preterm birth: long-term experience at a single tertiary center in Malaysia

Mean cervical length at insertion ± SD, (mm)

31.6 ± 9.1

Presence of funneling, n (%)

12 (20.7)

Median gestation at insertion, weeks (IQR)

15.0 (13.8–20.3)

Type of insertion, n (%)

 Elective

42 (72.4)

 Emergency

16 (27.6)

Subsequent management, n (%)

 Outpatient

33 (56.9)

 Inpatient

14 (24.1)

 Mixed

11 (19.0)

Combination with progestogen, n (%)

 Proluton

36 (61.1)

 Uterogestan

11 (19.0)

Complications, n (%)

 Diabetes

14 (24.1)

 Hypertension

1 (1.7)

 Anaemia

3 (5.2)

 Threatened preterm labor

2 (3.4)

 Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes

2 (3.4)

Antenatal corticosteroids, n (%)

31 (53.4)

Pathological vaginal smear, n (%)

 Group B streptococcus

24 (41.4)

Candida albicans

6 (10.2)

Median gestational age of Arabin pessary removal, weeks (IQR)

35.9 (29.0–36.0)

  1. IQR inter quartile range