Table 1.

Clinical characteristic of patients.

Variables	Cesarean section at	Emergency cesarean	$P$ value
	term ($n=18$)	hysterectomy ($n=8$)
Maternal age (average ± SD*)	28.6 (±5.7)	38.6 (±7.5)	.0003
Parity (median ± SEM)	1 (±0.20)	4 (±0.64)	.00008
Gestational age (average ± SD)	38.5 (±1.29)	38.12 (±1.35)	.3
Newborn mass (average ± SD)	3031 (±530)	2937 (±425)	.57
Newborn length (average ± SD)	50.11 (±2.69)	52.50 (±3.5)	.33
Apgar score (median ± SEM)	9 (±0.29)	9 (±0.29)	.7

*SD: standard deviation.