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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2015 May;125(5):1095–1100. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000832

Table 2. Risk of uterine rupture by gestational age group of index cesarean delivery.

Periviable Term Unadjusted

(20-26 weeks) (37-41 weeks) OR (95% CI) p-value
All patients 8/456 (1.8%) 38/10,505 (0.4%) 4.9 (2.3 – 10.6) <0.001
By incision type
 Classical 4/163 (2.5%) 0/61 (0%) 1
 Low transverse 4/228 (1.8%) 36/9,558 (0.4%) 4.7 (1.7 – 13.4) 0.004
 Other2 0/1 (0%) 0/11 (0%) 1
 Missing 0/64 (0%) 2/875 (<0.1%) 1
By induction or augmentation
  No 8/420 (1.9%) 23/8,824 (0.3%) 7.4 (3.3 – 16.7) <0.001
  Yes 0/36 (0%) 15/1,681 (0.9%) 1
1

OR could not be estimated for classical, other, and missing incision types or for womenwith induction/augmentation, due to lack of events.

2

other incision types as determined by ICD-9-CM procedure code 74.4 or 74.9