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Table 1 Characteristics at baseline (weighted)

From: Selective versus routine use of episiotomy for vaginal births in Shanghai hospitals, China: a comparison of policies

Characteristics

Routine episiotomy (1353)

Selective episiotomy (4125)

P

Ā 

mean

95%CI

mean

95%CI

Ā 

age

27.96

27.82ā€“28.11

28.32

28.22ā€“28.43

<ā€‰0.05

-20

33

2.44

34

0.83

Ā 

20ā€“34

1283

94.86

4000

96.95

Ā 

35-

36

2.70

92

2.22

Ā 

BMI

21.22

21ā€“21.34

21.18

21.09ā€“21.27

0.60

āˆ’18.5

206

15

522

12.64

Ā 

18.5ā€“24

936

69

3079

74.63

Ā 

24-

210

16

525

12.73

Ā 

Diabetes

4

0.32

6

0.15

0.21

Ā 

n

%

n

%

P

Pre-existing cardiac diseases

7

0.54

73

1.77

<ā€‰0.05

Pre-existing renal disease

3

0.21

10

0.25

0.84

Pre-existing autoimmune disease

2

0.16

6

0.15

0.90

Pre-existing hyperthyroidism

6

0.46

24

0.58

0.61

Pre-existing hypothyroidism

17

1.25

59

1.42

0.63

  1. BMI Body mass index