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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: Explor Res Hypothesis Med. 2023 Nov 29;9(1):15–24. doi: 10.14218/ERHM.2023.00039

Table 2.

Crosstabulation of the perinatal outcome of the twins within the two periods

Variable Mode of delivery for twin vs. perinatal death (T1) χ2-value p-value
Caesarean delivery
(n = 137)
Instrumental delivery
(n = 3)
Vaginal delivery
(n = 94)
breech extraction
(n = 0)
Perinatal Death (T1)
Death 3 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 4 (4.3) 0.91 0.633
No death 134 (97.8) 3 (100.0) 90 (95.7)
Mode of delivery for twin 2 (T2) χ2-value p-value
Caesarean delivery
(n = 139)
Instrumental delivery
(n = 3)
Vaginal delivery
(n = 90)
breech extraction
(n = 2)
Perinatal Death (T2)
Death 8 (5.8) 0 (0.0) 4 (4.4) 0 (0.0) 0.46 0.926
No death 131 (94.2) 3 (100.0) 86 (95.6) 2 (100.0)
Mode of Delivery versus APGAR score
APGAR score
Score: Combined mode of delivery Severe Moderate Mild Normal Total ɣ2 (p-value)
[0–3] (%) [4–5] (%) 6 (%) [7–10] (%) [n = 234] (%o)
Twin I
 CS-CS 7 (5.1) 9 (6.5) 8 (5.8) 114 (82.6) 138 (100.0) 104.02
 Vag-vag 4 (4.6) 3 (3.4) 6 (6.8) 74 (85.1) 87 (100.0) 0.001
 Vag-CS 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
 Vag-Inst 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) 2 (100.0)
 Inst-Inst 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 1 (100.0)
 Vag-Breech ext 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) 2 (100.0)
 Inst-Vag 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
 Vag-CS 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 2 (100.0)
Total 12 (5.1) 12 (5.1) 16 (6.8) 194 (82.9) 234 (100.0)
Twin II
 CS-CS 10 (7.2) 6 (4.3) 11 (8.0) 111 (80.4) 138 (100.0) 89.38
 Vag-vag 4 (4.6) 8 (9.2) 13 (15.0) 62 (71.3) 87 (100.0) 0.016
 Vag-CS 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
 Vag-Inst 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 2 (100.0)
 Inst-Inst 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
 Vag-Breech ext 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (50.0) 2 (100.0)
 Inst-Vag 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 1 (100.0)
 Vag-CS 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0) 2 (100.0)
Total 14 (6.0) 17 (6.8) 24 (10.3) 179 (76.5) 234 (100.0)

CS, caesarean section; Ext, Extraction; Inst, Instrumental; Vag, Vaginal.