Parameter | Category | Type of Cesarean section | p-value | |||
Elective (N = 385) | Emergency (N = 55) | |||||
Freq. | % | Freq. | % | |||
Age | Mean, SD | 33.11 | 4.77 | 31.49 | 4.90 | 0.020*t |
Parity | 2 | 180 | 46.8 | 29 | 52.7 | 0.614 |
3 | 147 | 38.2 | 20 | 36.4 | ||
4+ | 58 | 15.1 | 6 | 10.9 | ||
Previous term labor | Median, P95 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 6 | 0.467M |
Previous term labor (categorical) | 0 - 1 | 15 | 3.9 | 4 | 7.3 | 0.479 |
2 | 178 | 46.2 | 26 | 47.3 | ||
>2 | 192 | 49.9 | 25 | 45.5 | ||
Previous preterm labor | None | 354 | 91.9 | 48 | 87.3 | 0.248 |
1 or 2 | 31 | 8.1 | 7 | 12.7 | ||
SVD | None | 282 | 73.2 | 39 | 70.9 | 0.731 |
1 | 48 | 12.5 | 6 | 10.9 | ||
2+ | 55 | 14.3 | 10 | 18.2 | ||
No. of c/s | 2 | 241 | 62.6 | 38 | 69.1 | 0.460 |
3 | 115 | 29.9 | 12 | 21.8 | ||
4+ | 29 | 7.5 | 5 | 9.1 | ||
Time interval from last c/s | Mean, SD | 3.65 | 1.93 | 3.71 | 1.78 | 0.840t |
Time interval from last c/s (categorical) | <2 years | 46 | 11.9 | 4 | 7.3 | 0.372F |
2+ years | 339 | 88.1 | 51 | 92.7 | ||
Gestational diabetes | No | 295 | 76.6 | 41 | 74.5 | 0.734 |
Yes | 90 | 23.4 | 14 | 25.5 | ||
Smoking status | Smoker | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.610 |
Nonsmoker | 376 | 97.7 | 55 | 100.0 | ||
Job status | Employed | 78 | 20.3 | 8 | 14.5 | 0.317 |
Unemployed | 307 | 79.7 | 47 | 85.5 | ||
BMI (kg/m2) | Mean, SD | 33.00 | 5.95 | 32.41 | 6.28 | 0.495t |
Planned timing (gestational age) | 38 weeks | 285 | 74.0 | 33 | 60.0 | 0.030* |
39 weeks | 100 | 26.0 | 22 | 40.0 |