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Table 1 Population characteristics of women with a history of prior cesarean birth overall and by mode of delivery, January 2017 – April 2020

From: The association of timing of repeat cesarean with outcomes among a cohort of Guatemalan women with a history of prior cesarean birth

 

Women giving birth by cesarean

N = 2208

Pre-labor cesarean birth

n = 1312, 59.4%

Intrapartum cesarean birth

n = 896, 40.6%

P-value

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%

 
  1. All tests performed excluding missing data
  2. IPI interpregnancy interval
  3. a kruskall-wallis
  4. b fishers exact
  5. c chi2