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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: How birth outcomes among a cohort of Guatemalan women with a history of prior cesarean vary by mode or birth across different interpregnancy intervals

 

Total women with history of cesarean

N = 2793

Vaginal birth after cesarean

n = 560, 20.1%

Repeat cesarean birth

n = 2233, 79.9%

p-value

Sociodemographics

    

 Age in years [IQR]

27 [23,31]

28 [23,33]

27 [23,31]

 < 0.001a

 Schooling n, %

   

 < 0.001c

  Illiterate

157, 5.6%

63, 11.2%

94, 4.2%

 

  Literate, no school

24, 0.9%

11, 2.0%

13, 0.6%

 

  Schooling

2612, 93.5%

486, 86.8%

2126, 95.2%

 

 Parity n, %

   

 < 0.001c

  1

1472, 52.7%

161, 28.8%

1311, 58.7%

 

  2

812, 29.1%

148, 26.4%

664, 29.7%

 

  3 + 

509, 18.2%

251, 44.8%

258, 11.6%

 

 BMI kg/m2

   

 < 0.001b

  < 18.5

10, 0.4%

0, 0.0%

10, 0.4%

 

  18.5–24.9

856, 30.6%

217, 38.8%

639, 0.6%

 

  25–29.9

1188, 42.5%

222, 39.6%

966, 43.3%

 

  ≥ 30

739, 26.5%

121, 21.6%

618, 27.7%

 

Obstetric characteristics

    

 IPI in months [IQR]

27.3 [15.2,46.3]

21.7 [12.9,39.2]

29.1 [16.2,48.1]

 < 0.001a

 Antenatal Care n, %

2708, 97.0%

512, 91.4%

2196, 98.3%

 < 0.001c

 Multiple Gestation n, %

27, 1.0%

4, 0.7%

23, 1.0%

0.63b

 Female sex of baby n, %

1386, 49.6%

285, 50.9%

1101, 49.3%

0.10c

 Missing

3, 0.1%

2,0.4%

1, 0.1%

 

 Birthweight in grams [IQR]

2870 [2610,3120]

2855 [2585,3105]

2890 [2610,3120]

0.21a

 Missing

7, 0.3%

5, 0.9%

2, 0.1%

 

 Term Gestational Age n, %

2609, 93.4%

518, 92.5%

2091, 93.6%

0.33c

 Obstructed Labor n, %

114, 4.1%

13, 2.3%

101, 4.5%

0.02c

 Antepartum Hemorrhage n, %

6, 0.2%

1, 0.2%

5, 0.2%

1.0b

Hypertensive Disease n, %

164, 5.9%

6, 1.1%

158, 7.1%

 < 0.001c

 Induction of Labor n, %

44, 1.6%

22, 3.9%

22, 1.0%

 < 0.001c

 Referred in Labor n, %

   

 < 0.001c

  Yes

485, 17.4%

56, 10.0%

429, 19.2%

 

  Missing

1, 0.1%

0, 0.0%

1, 0.1%

 

 Attendant n, %

   

< 0.001b

  Family

1, 0.05%

1, 0.2%

0, 0.0%

 

  Non-OB MD

120, 4.3%

52, 9.3%

68, 3.1%

 

  Nurse/Nurse Midwife

4, 0.1%

4, 0.7%

0, 0.0%

 

  OB

2318, 83.0%

153, 27.3%

2165, 96.9%

 

  Other

3, 0.1%

3, 0.5%

0, 0.0%

 

  Self

1, 0.05%

1, 0.2%

0, 0.0%

 

  Traditional birth attendant

346, 12.4%

346, 61.8%

0, 0.0%

 

 Delivery location n, %

   

 < 0.001b

  Clinic/Health Center

2, 0.1%

1, 0.2%

1, 0.1%

 

  Home

351, 12.6%

351, 62.7%

0, 0.0%

 

  Hospital

2272, 81.3%

195, 34.8%

2077, 93.0%

 

  Other

168, 6.0%

13, 2.3%

155, 6.9%

 
  1. Note All tests performed excluding missing data
  2. aKruskall-Wallis
  3. bFisher’s exact
  4. cchi2