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Table 1 Characteristics for women diagnosed with PPSS and all pregnant women in VGRa

From: Postpartum septic symphysitis, a rare condition with possible long-term consequences: a cohort study with long-term follow-up

Variable

All women with PPSS (n = 19)

All pregnant women in VGR (min-max)a

Pain (n = 10)

No pain (n = 9)

P-value for comparison of persistent pain versus no pain at follow-up

P-value for comparison of all pregnant women in VGRa versus all women with PPSS during pregnancy

Primipara during index delivery

14 (74)

(43.5)

(39.7 in 1994 to 46.3 in 2008)

8

6

0.444

< 0.001

 2nd/3rd delivery

5 (26)

 

2

3

  

Pelvic girdle pain during index pregnancy*

9 (47)

–

4

5

1.000

 

Age at delivery, years

33

(27–43)

29.6

(28.0 in 1989 30.5 in 2017)

33 (28–34)

32 (27–43)

0.768

 

Body mass index at first antenatal care visit

25.4

(17.0–34.9)

24.4

(23.4 in 1992 to 25.1 in 2017)b

26.1

(20.3–29.3)

24.8

(17.0–34.9)

0.624

 

Gestational weeks at delivery, min-max

40 (34–42)

–

40 (38–42)

40 (34–4)

0.666

 

Spontaneous contractions

15 (79)

(89.3)

(82.7 in 2017 to 92.3 in 1991)c

7

8

0.582

 

Induction of labour

4 (21)

10.6

(7.7 in 1991 to 17.3 in 2017)c

3

1

0.582

0.408

Use of oxytocin

9

 

4

5

1.000

 

 Missing data

2

 

2

   

Established contractions to delivery, hours, (min-max)

8.4

(1.5–18)

 

10.6

(3.5–18)

6.4

(1.5–11.8)

0.152

 

 Missing data

5

 

3

2

  

Duration of second stage of labour, minutes, (min-max)

38

(7–310)

 

36

(16–60)

38

(7–310)

0.864

 

 Missing data

4

 

4

–

  

Birth position

 On the side

1

 

1

–

0.281

 

 Lithotomy

8

 

3

5

  

 Semi-sitting

3

 

–

3

  

 Dorsal Recumbent

5

 

4

1

  

 Missing data

2

 

1

1

  

Occiput anterior position at delivery

17

 

8

9

1.000

 

 Missing data

2

 

1

1

  

Vaginal instrumental delivery

4

6.4

(5.0 in 1989 and 2017 to 7.7 in 2009)

2

2

0.509

0.003

Mid-vacuum extraction

3

 

2

1

NA

 

Low-vacuum extraction

1

 

–

1

NA

 

Caesarean section (emergency)

1

13.9

(10.0 in 1991 to 16.7 in 2016)

1

–

  

Total bleeding, ml

375

(200–1400)

 

350

(200–1100)

425

(300–1400)

0.508

 

Episiotomy

3

 

1

2

0.582

 

No vaginal tear

4

 

1

3

0.213

 

Vaginal tear

10 (53)

 

4

6

0.637

 

Perineal tear

8 (4)

 

1

7

0.620

 

Third- or fourth-degree tears

2 (1)

 

1

1

1.000

 

Characteristics of newborns

 Weight (g), min-max

3800

2335–4610

3516.7

(3488.7 in 2008 in to 3541.8 in 1994)

3980

2980–4610

3670

2335–4610

0.4888

 

 Sex (girl)

6

 

3

3

1.000

 

 Sex (boy)

13

 

7

6

1.000

 

 Apgar score ≤ 7 at 5 min

2

(1.2)

(0.9 in 1994 to 1.41996)

2

–

0.259

NA

Perinatal mortality

1

0.79

(0.60 in 2015 to 1.05 in 1990)

1

–

1.000

NA

  1. Characteristics for women diagnosed with PPSS and all pregnant women in the same health region during the same period. Data from hospital records. PPSS, post-partum septic symphysitis, VGR, Västra Götaland Region. SoS dataa, Data from the Swedish National Board on Health and Welfare *Patient-reported data. Median (min-max) or n (%, only for the whole group). Fisher’s exact test or Chi-square test were used for categorical variables and the Mann-Whitney U-test was used for continuous variables
  2. NA not applicable
  3. aSoS data VGR 1989–2017: https://sdb.socialstyrelsen.se/if_mfr_004/val.aspx
  4. bData available from 1992 onwards
  5. cData available from 1991onwards and for vaginal deliveries only
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