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. 2014 Jul 23;65(4):236–240. doi: 10.1007/s13224-014-0596-2

Table 1.

Analysis of risk factors for cesarean delivery

Sr. no. Risk factors Cesarean delivery (N = 117)
no (%)
Vaginal delivery (N = 160)
no (%)
Crude odds ratio (95 % CI)
1. Maternal age
 <35 years 107 (91.46) 158 (98.75) 7.383 (1.586–34.367)
 ≥35 years 10 (8.54) 2 (1.25)
2. Body mass index (Kg/M2)
 ≤30 79 (67.52) 148 (92.5) 5.93 (2.934–11.996)
 >30 38 (32.48) 12 (7.5)
3. Parity
 Nullipara (0) 105 (89.75) 98 (61.25) 0.181 (0.092–0.355)
 Multipara (≥1) 12 (10.25) 62 (38.75)
4. Bishops score
 <5 78 (33.3) 73 (54.4) 0.4195 (0.2559–0.6879)
 ≥5 39 (66.7) 87 (45.6)
5. Epidural analgesia
 No 79 (32.5) 113 (29.4) 1.1565 (0.6908–1.9360)
 Yes 38 (67.5) 47 (70.6)
6. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
 Yes 32 (27.4) 49 (30.6) 0.8528 (0.5032–1.4453)
 No 85 (72.6) 111 (69.4)
7. Gestational diabetes mellitus
 Yes 27 (23.1) 21 (13.1) 1.9857 (1.0587–3.7244)
 No 90 (76.9) 139 (86.9)
8. Postterm pregnancy
 Yes 36 (30.8) 48 (30) 1.0370 (0.6177–1.7411)
 No 81 (69.2) 112 (70)
9. IUGR
 Yes 1 (0.9) 15 (9.4) 0.0833 (0.0108–0.6402)
 No 116 (99.1) 145 (90.6)
10. PROM
 Yes 23 (19.7) 24 (15) 1.3865 (0.7389–2.6019)
 No 94 (80.3) 136 (85)

IUGR intrauterine growth restriction, PROM premature rupture of membranes, CI confidence interval

Statistically significant data is marked in bold