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. 2015 Jul 10;7:693–697. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S83800

Table 2.

Multi-logistic regression analysis

Vaginal delivery (n=70) Cesarean section (n=57) P-value OR 95% confidence interval
Cervical opening (cm)
Min-max (median) 4–10 (9) 4–10 (5) 0.001a,* 2.056 1.62–259
Mean ± SD 8.31±2.05 5.40±1.47
Effacement (%)
Min-max (median) 50–100 (100) 50–100 (60) 0.001a,* 1.106 1.06–1.14
Mean ± SD 87.14±17.54 62.45±9.50
Age (years)
Min-max (median) 20–46 (30) 19–48 (31) 0.445b n/a n/a
Mean ± SD 29.97±5.16 30.74±6.10
Gravidity
Min-max (median) 2–9 (5) 2–13 (3) 0.001a,* 1.313 1.080–1.596
Mean ± SD 4.83±1.86 3.81±2.14
Parity
Min-max (median) 1–8 (3) 1–7 (2) 0.001a,* 1.484 1.178–1.869
Mean ± SD 3.53±1.74 2.44±1.59
Gestational age (weeks)
Min-max (median) 27–43 (40) 34–40 (40) 0.595b n/a n/a
Mean ± SD 39.23±2.23 39.04±1.77
Birth weight (g)
Min-max (median) 1,400–4,700 (3,300) 1,750–4,300 (3,300) 0.489b n/a n/a
Mean ± SD 3,284.29±544.91 3,214.74±580.78
Prior vaginal delivery
Yes 62 (88.6%) 37 (64.9%) 0.003c,* 4.189 1.677–10.464
No 8 (11.4%) 20 (35.1%)

Notes:

a

Mann–Whitney U-test;

b

Student’s t-test;

c

Yates’ continuity correction test.

*

P<0.01.

Abbreviations: min, minimum; max, maximum; n/a, not assessed; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation.