Table 1.
Clinical backgrounds of the women in this study
| All cases (n = 31) |
With uterine dehiscence (n = 12) |
Without uterine dehiscence (n = 19) |
P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal agea | (years) | 34 | (32–38) | 33 | (32–36) | 35 | (32–39) | 0.43 |
| Paritya | (n) | 1 | (1–2) | 2 | (1–2) | 1 | (1–2) | 0.23 |
| Gestational age at CSa | (weeks) | 37 | (37–38) | 37 | (37–37) | 37 | (37–38) | 0.23 |
| Body mass indexa | (kg/m2) | 21 | (19.1–23.8) | 20 | (18.7–22.0) | 21.4 | (20.1–26.0) | 0.12 |
| Smoking habita | (n) | 0 | (0–0) | 0 | (0–0) | 0 | (0–0) | − |
| Birth weighta | (g) | 2643 | (2441–2960) | 2,593 | (2404–2960) | 2,697 | (2441–2951) | 0.65 |
| Number of previous CS | ||||||||
| 1 | (n) | 24 | 77.4% | 9 | 75.0% | 15 | 78.9% | 0.8 |
| > 2 | (n) | 7 | 22.6% | 3 | 25.0% | 4 | 21.1% | |
| Number of previous TVD | ||||||||
| 0 | (n) | 25 | 80.6% | 8 | 66.7% | 17 | 89.5% | 0.17 |
| > 1 | (n) | 6 | 19.3% | 4 | 33.3% | 2 | 10.5% | |
| Inter-delivery interval from the most recent CSa | (days) | 801 | (527–1386) | 603 | (359–798) | 1281 | (618–1667) | 0.0074 |
| Gestational age at previous CSa | (weeks) | 37 | (36–38) | 37 | (36–37) | 38 | (37–38) | 0.18 |
| Emergent CS in the most recent delivery | (n) | 14 | 45.2% | 5 | 41.7% | 9 | 47.4% | > 0.99 |
Bold italics mean a significance of P<0.05
CS, cesarean section; TVD, transvaginal delivery
aMedian (range)