Parameter

Category

Total population

(N = 440)

Group 1 (GA 38 weeks, N = 318)

Group 2 (GA 39 weeks, N = 122)

p-value

RR

Freq.

%

Freq.

%

Freq.

%

Primary outcome

Emergency c/s

Yes

55

12.5

33

10.4

22

18.0

0.030*

13.06

Indication of emergency Cesarean

Contracting

Yes

46

10.5

26

8.2

20

16.4

0.012*

12.17

PROM

Yes

11

2.5

8

2.5

3

2.5

1.000^F

0.98

Scar tenderness

Yes

2

0.5

1

0.3

1

0.8

0.478^F

2.61

Cervical dilatation

Yes

31

7.1

17

5.4

14

11.6

0.024*

16.15

Interval El.c/s-Em.c/s

Median, P95

5

20.25

5

22.20

5.5

25.35

0.804^M

-

Intraoperative and postoperative complications

Adhesions

Significant

297

70.2

218

71.2

79

67.5

0.454

0.95

Extension

Yes

8

1.8

8

2.5

0

0.0

0.113^F

0.15

Rupture

Yes

2

0.5

0

0.0

2

1.6

0.076^F

12.97

Dehiscence

Yes

9

2.0

8

2.5

1

0.8

0.455^F

0.33

BBI

Yes

4

0.9

1

0.3

3

2.5

0.067^F

7.82

EBL (mL)

Mean, SD

770.23

209.10

774.84

205.86

758.20

217.74

0.455

-

Intra-operative blood transfusion

Yes

4

0.9

3

0.9

1

0.8

1.000^F

0.87

Difficulty in fetal extraction

Yes

16

3.6

11

3.5

5

4.1

0.778^F

1.18

Post-operative blood transfusion

Yes

10

2.5

7

2.2

3

2.5

1.000^F

1.12

Composite adverse maternal outcome

Yes

307

69.8

225

70.8

82

67.2

0.469

0.95

New natal outcomes

Birth weight (g)

Mean, SD

3124.2

404.6

3084.9

400.3

3226.9

399.1

0.001*

-

Nursery

Yes

432

98.4

312

98.1

120

99.2

0.678^F

1.01

NICU admission

Yes

7

1.6

6

1.9

1

0.87

0.679^F

0.44