Table 5.
Pregnancy outcomes of women with C-section delivery compared with those with normal delivery during the pandemic and pre-pandemic periods
| Characteristics | Pandemic period | Pre-pandemic period | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal delivery N = 307,188 |
C-section delivery N = 317,333 |
AOR | 95% CI for OR | p-value | Normal delivery N = 275,014 |
C-section delivery N = 309,136 |
AOR | 95% CI for OR | p-value | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||||||
| Preterm birth | 18,997 (6.9) | 35,947 (11.6) | 1.67 | 1.63–1.71 | .001 | 21,469 (7.0) | 36,933 (11.6) | 1.65 | 1.64–1.68 | .001 |
| Gestational diabetes | 8376 (3.0) | 18,951 (6.1) | 1.96 | 1.91–2.01 | .001 | 8679 (2.8) | 18,276 (5.8) | 1.98 | 1.93–2.01 | .001 |
| Preeclampsia | 3606 (1.3) | 9340 (3.0) | 1.90 | 1.82–1.97 | .001 | 3737 (1.2) | 9072 (2.9) | 1.93 | 1.85–2.00 | .001 |
| IUGR | 1136 (0.4) | 3565 (1.2) | 2.18 | 2.04–2.34 | .001 | 1488 (0.5) | 3955 (1.2) | 2.05 | 1.92–2.18 | .001 |
| LBW | 21,334 (7.8) | 34,597 (11.2) | 1.15 | 1.13–1.18 | .001 | 24,237 (7.9) | 35,344 (11.1) | 1.11 | 1.09–1.13 | .001 |
| 1-min Apgar score < 7 | 9263 (3.4) | 13,070 (4.2) | 1.64 | 1.57–1.71 | .001 | 9976 (3.2) | 13,980 (4.4) | 1.84 | 1.76–1.91 | .001 |
| 5-min Apgar score < 7 | 6288 (2.3) | 5273 (1.7) | .26 | .25–28 | .001 | 6653 (2.2) | 5286 (1.7) | .25 | .24–27 | .001 |
*P < 0.05 AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval