Table 1.
Demographic and clinical details of women undergoing mid-trimester TOP by method of termination
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Medical n = 51 |
Surgical n = 133 |
P | |||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Age (yrs) | |||||
| <20 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 24 | |
| 20-24 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 28 | |
| 25-29 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 16 | |
| 30-34 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 12 | |
| 35-39 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 12 | |
| ≥40 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0.04 |
| Median (IQR) | 31 | (24-38) | 24 | (20-32) | <0.001 |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| European | 19 | 37 | 47 | 35 | |
| Maori | 4 | 8 | 17 | 13 | |
| Pacific | 12 | 24 | 35 | 26 | |
| Asian | 14 | 27 | 28 | 21 | |
| Other | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| Unknown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Parity | |||||
| Nulliparous | 22 | 43 | 71 | 53 | |
| Parous | 25 | 49 | 53 | 40 | |
| Unknown | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0.5 |
| Previous caesarean section | |||||
| Yes | 7 | 14 | 15 | 11 | |
| No | 35 | 69 | 107 | 80 | |
| Unknown | 9 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Previous TOP | |||||
| No | 31 | 61 | 88 | 66 | |
| Yes | 16 | 31 | 36 | 27 | |
| Unknown | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0.8 |
| Indication for TOP | |||||
| Maternal mental or physical health | 411 | 80 | 1332 | 100 | |
| Intrauterine death | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spontaneous rupture of membranes | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gestation (wks) | |||||
| 13 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 26 | |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 23 | |
| 16 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 27 | |
| 17 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 17 | |
| 18 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 1 | |
| 19 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | <0.001 | |
| Median (IQR) | 18 | (16-19) | 15 | (14-16) | <0.001 |
1 Includes two TOP for maternal physical health and 21 TOPs for adjustment disorder with depressed mood following a diagnosis of fetal abnormality
2 Includes 114 TOPs for adjustment disorder with depressed mood following a diagnosis of fetal abnormality