Women giving birth by cesarean N = 2208 | Pre-labor cesarean birth n = 1312, 59.4% | Intrapartum cesarean birth n = 896, 40.6% | P-value | |
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Sociodemographics | ||||
Age in years [IQR] | 27 [23,31] | 27 [23,31] | 26 [22,30] | < 0.001a |
Schooling n, % | 0.05b | |||
Illiterate Literate, no school Schooling | 93, 4.2% 13, 0.6% 2102, 95.2% | 44, 3.4% 8, 0.6% 1260, 96.0% | 49, 5.5% 5, 0.5% 842, 94.0% | |
Parity n, % | 0.91c | |||
1 2 3 + | 1294, 58.6% 662, 30.0% 252, 11.4% | 765, 58.3% 398, 30.3% 149, 11.4% | 529, 59.0% 264, 29.5% 103, 11.5% | |
BMI kg/m2 | 0.004b | |||
< 18.5 18.5 – 24.9 25 – 29.9 \(\ge\) 30 | 10, 0.4% 633, 28.6% 952, 43.2% 613, 27.8% | 5, 0.4% 346, 26.3%% 565, 43.1% 396, 30.2% | 5, 0.6% 287, 32.0% 387, 43.2% 217, 24.2% | |
Antepartum & obstetric characteristics | ||||
IPI in months [IQR] | 29.1 [16.1,48.1] | 30.3 [17.3,50.6] | 26.3 [14.8,45.1] | < 0.001a |
Antenatal care n, % | 2172, 98.4% | 1293, 98.6% | 879, 98.1% | 0.41c |
Female sex of baby n, % | 1120, 50.8% | 663, 50.6% | 457, 51.0% | 0.84c |
Missing | 1, 0.1% | 1, 0.1% | 0, 0.0% | |
Birthweight in grams [IQR] | 2890 [2637,3147] | 2892 [2640,3150] | 2860 [2608, 3120] | 0.13a |
Missing | 2, 0.1% | 2, 0.1% | 0, 0.0% | |
Term gestational age n, % | 2075, 94.0% | 1232, 93.9% | 843, 94.1% | 0.86c |
Obstructed labor n, % | 101, 4.6% | 36, 2.7% | 65, 7.2% | < 0.001c |
Antepartum hemorrhage n, % | 5, 0.2% | 2, 0.2% | 3, 0.3% | 0.40b |
Hypertensive disease n, % | 153, 6.9% | 110, 8.4% | 43, 4.8% | 0.001c |
Induction of labor n, % | 22, 1.0% | 10, 0.8% | 12, 1.3% | 0.18c |
Referred in labor n, % | 0.23c | |||
Yes Missing | 417, 18.9% 1, 0.04% | 237, 18.1% 0, 0.0% | 180, 20.1% 1, 0.1% | |
Attendant n, % | 0.18c | |||
Non-OB MD OB | 68, 3.1% 2140, 96.9% | 35, 2.7% 1277, 97.3 | 33, 3.7% 863, 96.3% | |
Delivery location n, % | < 0.001c | |||
Hospital Other | 2053, 93.0% 154, 7.0% | 1195, 91.1% 116, 8.9% | 858, 95.8% 38, 4.2% |