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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Mar;202(3):245.e1–245.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.01.051

TABLE 4.

Maternal outcomes by gestational age and type of labor

GA, wk Type of onset C/S Chorioamnionitis Endometritis ICU admission Hysterectomy
Frequency, n (%) Frequency, n (%) Frequency, n (%) Frequency, n (%) Frequency, n (%) Length of stay
No Yes P value No Yes P value No Yes P value No Yes P value No Yes P value Mean SD P value
34 Spontaneous 817 (93.7) 55 (6.3) < .0001 388 (92.6) 31 (7.4) .25 439 (99.8) 1 (0.2) .02 676 (98.0) 14 (2.0) .69 870 (99.8) 2 (0.2) .05 3.3 3.7 < .0001
Elective 38 (82.6) 8 (17.4) 7 (87.5) 1 (12.5) 2 (100) 0 (0.0) 45 (100) 0 (0.0) 46 (100) 0 (0.0) 5.2 7.1
Indicated 144 (73.1) 53 (26.9) 121 (96.8) 4 (3.2) 97 (98.0) 2 (2.0) 173 (98.3) 3 (1.7) 197 (100) 0 (0.0) 6.1 6.1
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 120 (100) 71 (95.9) 3 (4.1) 44 (95.7) 2 (4.3) 99 (97.1) 3 (2.9) 118 (98.3) 2 (1.7) 6.3 4.9
35 Spontaneous 1451 (94.7) 81 (5.3) < .0001 700 (97.0) 22 (3.0) .61 726 (100) 0 (0.0) .004 1243 (98.7) 17 (1.3) .68 1532 (100) 2.5 2.6 < .0001
Elective 71 (83.5) 14 (16.5) 16 (100) 0 (0.0) 6 (100) 0 (0.0) 85 (100) 0 (0.0) 85 (100) 2.8 1.5
Indicated 242 (72.9) 90 (27.1) 198 (97.1) 6 (2.9) 157 (98.1) 3 (1.9) 287 (98.6) 4 (1.4) 332 (100) 4.1 2.8
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 161 (100) 99 (99.0) 1 (1.0) 66 (98.5) 1 (1.5) 135 (99.3) 1 (0.7) 161 (100) 5.2 4.6
36 Spontaneous 3003 (93.3) 214 (6.7) < .0001 1391 (95.7) 62 (4.3) .19 1493 (99.6) 6 (0.4) .21 2598 (99.5) 14 (0.5) .09 3217 (100) 2.3 2.5 < .0001
Elective 141 (80.6) 34 (19.4) 57 (96.6) 2 (3.4) 29 (100) 0 (0.0) 175 (100) 0 (0.0) 175 (100) 2.7 1.1
Indicated 621 (73.8) 220 (26.2) 460 (97.7) 11 (2.3) 376 (98.9) 4 (1.1) 741 (99.3) 5 (0.7) 841 (100) 3.4 2.5
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 258 (100) 168 (97.7) 4 (2.3) 126 (98.4) 2 (1.6) 217 (98.2) 4 (1.8) 258 (100) 5.0 5.9
37 Spontaneous 7160 (94.8) 392 (5.2) < .0001 3085 (96.6) 108 (3.4) .08 3300 (99.7) 10 (0.3) < .0001 6139 (99.8) 11 (0.2) < .0001 7550 (100) 2 (0.0) .86 2.0 1.0 < .0001
Elective 525 (89.9) 59 (10.1) 268 (99.3) 2 (0.7) 214 (100) 0 (0.0) 576 (99.8) 1 (0.2) 584 (100) 0 (0.0) 2.4 1.1
Indicated 1498 (81.5) 339 (18.5) 883 (96.8) 29 (3.2) 674 (99.6) 3 (0.4) 1642 (99.2) 13 (0.8) 1836 (99.9) 1 (0.1) 2.8 1.7
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 480 (100) 311 (97.8) 7 (2.2) 235 (96.3) 9 (3.7) 403 (98.8) 5 (1.2) 480 (100) 0 (0.0) 3.8 2.4
38 Spontaneous 15,748 (94.3) 955 (5.7) < .0001 6295 (96.3) 239 (3.7) < .0001 7317 (99.6) 26 (0.4) .04 12,786 (99.8) 32 (0.2) .009 16,699 (100) 4 (0.0) .37 2.0 1.0 < .0001
Elective 2228 (88.8) 280 (11.2) 1272 (99.5) 7 (0.5) 1004 (99.8) 2 (0.2) 2468 (99.9) 3 (0.1) 2507 (100) 1 (0.0) 2.3 0.9
Indicated 2624 (81.5) 596 (18.5) 1315 (97.1) 39 (2.9) 991 (99.3) 7 (0.7) 2818 (99.4) 16 (0.6) 3220 (100) 0 (0.0) 2.6 1.1
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 1012 (100) 666 (98.4) 11 (1.6) 484 (99.0) 5 (1.0) 825 (99.5) 4 (0.5) 1011 (99.9) 1 (0.1) 3.5 2.2
39 Spontaneous 22,067 (93.1) 1639 (6.9) < .0001 9065 (95.6) 422 (4.4) < .0001 11,691 (99.7) 37 (0.3) < .0001 16,667 (99.7) 57 (0.3) .009 23,706 (100) 0 (0.0) .003 2.1 1.1 < .0001
Elective 9181 (94.1) 573 (5.9) 1712 (97.9) 36 (2.1) 958 (99.5) 5 (0.5) 9698 (99.9) 13 (0.1) 9750 (100) 4 (0.0) 2 0.7
Indicated 2542 (78.5) 695 (21.5) 1368 (95.0) 72 (5.0) 966 (98.9) 11 (1.1) 2775 (99.6) 11 (0.4) 3237 (100) 0 (0.0) 2.6 1.1
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 1166 (100) 749 (96.4) 28 (3.6) 408 (98.6) 6 (1.4) 967 (99.6) 4 (0.4) 1165 (99.9) 1 (0.1) 3.5 1.6
40 Spontaneous 16,924 (90.2) 1837 (9.8) < .0001 7169 (94.4) 423 (5.6) .83 10,110 (99.7) 32 (0.3) < .0001 12,155 (99.7) 32 (0.3) .04 18,760 (100) 1 (0.0) < .0001 2.2 0.9 < .0001
Elective 2833 (88.4) 371 (11.6) 561 (93.7) 38 (6.3) 186 (99.5) 1 (0.5) 3185 (100) 1 (0.0) 3203 (100) 1 (0.0) 2.1 0.8
Indicated 3168 (73.7) 1129 (26.3) 2041 (94.6) 117 (5.4) 1321 (99.8) 3 (0.2) 3613 (99.7) 11 (0.3) 4296 (100) 1 (0.0) 2.8 1.1
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 561 (100) 360 (94.0) 23 (6.0) 237 (96.0) 10 (4.0) 458 (100) 0 (0.0) 559 (99.6) 2 (0.4) 3.5 1.4
41 Spontaneous 4116 (87.7) 576 (12.3) < .0001 1552 (93.8) 102 (6.2) .42 3219 (99.6) 13 (0.4) .004 2260 (99.5) 12 (0.5) .41 4692 (100) 2.3 0.9 < .0001
Elective 147 (79.5) 38 (20.5) 109 (94.8) 6 (5.2) 67 (100) 0 (0.0) 185 (100) 0 (0.0) 185 (100) 2.6 1.0
Indicated 2401 (71.6) 952 (28.4) 1618 (93.5) 112 (6.5) 870 (99.1) 8 (0.9) 2887 (99.7) 9 (0.3) 3353 (100) 2.7 1.2
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 180 (100) 110 (90.2) 12 (9.8) 103 (97.2) 3 (2.8) 133 (100) 0 (0.0) 180 (100) 3.6 1.1
42 Spontaneous 347 (85.0) 61 (15.0) < .0001 172 (96.1) 7 (3.9) .77 287 (100) 0 (0.0) .44 199 (100) 407 (99.8) 1 (0.2) .87 2.3 0.9 < .0001
Elective 3 (100) 0 (0.0) 3 (100) 0 (0.0) 3 (100) 0 (0.0) 3 (100) 3 (100) 0 (0.0) 1.3 0.6
Indicated 188 (70.1) 80 (29.9) 154 (95.1) 8 (4.9) 110 (99.1) 1 (0.9) 180 (100) 268 (100) 0 (0.0) 3.1 1.3
c/s w/o labor 0 (0.0) 21 (100) 17 (100) 0 (0.0) 6 (100) 0 (0.0) 19 (100) 21 (100) 0 (0.0) 3.1 0.5

c/s, cesarean section; ICU, intensive care unit; w/o, without.