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. 2021 Jan 28;43(2):113–118. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1718439

Table 1. Sociodemographic and Obstetrics characteristics.

Characteristics n Mean ± SD
Age (years old) 270 24.67 ± 6.2
BMI (antepartum) a 244 28.85 ± 4.6
Parity 270 0.80 ± 1.10
Gestational age (in weeks) 270 38.93 ± 1.47
Education (in years) b 231 9.91 ± 2.5
Time to second stage (in minutes) c 223 32.47 ± 34.7
Initial Hb (in g/dL) d 260 11.45 ± 0.1
Ethnicity - white e 178 (67%)
Previous C-Section 42 (15.5%)
Spontaneous onset of labor 203 (75.2%)
Anesthesia/analgesia (yes) 170 (63%)
Mode of delivery
 vaginal 247 (91.5%)
 forceps 23 (8.5%)
Episiotomy (yes) 96 (36%)
Laceration (≥ grade 2) 155 (57.1%)
Blood loss within 120 minutes
 ≥ 500 mL 84 (31%)
 ≥ 1000 mL 22 (8.2%)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; Hb, hemoglobin.

Missing: a 26; b 39; c 47; d 10; e 7; a in Kg/m 2 .