Table 5.
Perinatal outcomes for women who have FGM recorded and have an obstetric record at study hospital between 2006 and 2012
| FGM status | FGM status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type III | Type I/II | No | Type III | Type I/II | No | ||
| n | n | n | Rate per 100 births (95 % CI) | Rate per 100 births (95 % CI) | Rate per 100 births (95 % CI) | P-value | |
| Outcome | |||||||
| Caesarean sectiona | |||||||
| Yes | 16 | 36 | 1706 | 26.5 (16.6, 42.4) | 32.9 (24.5, 44.0) | 20.4 (19.5, 21.4) | 0.0041 |
| No | 49 | 95 | 7145 | ||||
| Instrumental birthsa | |||||||
| Yes | 1 | 8 | 574 | 1.6 (0.2, 11.2) | 6.2 (2.9, 13.1) | 6.5 (6.0, 7.1) | 0.36 |
| No | 64 | 123 | 8277 | ||||
| Episiotomy (excluding anterior episiotomy) | |||||||
| Yes | 7 | 17 | 946 | 10.5 (5.0, 21.8) | 12.7 (7.5, 21.5) | 10.9 (10.2, 11.5) | 0.84 |
| No | 58 | 114 | 7906 | ||||
| 3rd and 4th degree perineal tearb | |||||||
| Yes | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | b |
| No | 65 | 131 | 8767 | ||||
| Genital tract trauma | |||||||
| Yes | 4 | 2 | 99 | 6.0 (2.4, 14.8) | 1.4 (0.4, 5.6) | 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) | 0.0015 |
| No | 61 | 129 | 8753 | ||||
| Postpartum blood loss > 500 ml | |||||||
| Yes | 1 | 7 | 615 | 1.6 (0.2, 11.6) | 5.6 (2.7, 11.4) | 7.0 (6.5, 7.6) | 0.29 |
| No | 64 | 124 | 8237 | ||||
| Low birth weight (<2500 g)a | |||||||
| Yes | 2 | 4 | 259 | 3.5 (0.9, 13.8) | 3.1 (1.2, 8.1) | 3.0 (2.6, 3.4) | 0.97 |
| No | 63 | 127 | 8590 | ||||
| Admission to special care nursery | |||||||
| Yes | 6 | 16 | 616 | 9.0 (3.9, 20.7) | 12.0 (7.5, 19.2) | 7.0 (6.5, 7.6) | 0.07 |
| No | 59 | 115 | 8236 | ||||
| Stillbirthc | |||||||
| Yes | 1 | 1 | 39 | 1.5 (0.2, 10.9) | 0.8 (0.1, 5.3) | 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) | 0.41 |
| No | 64 | 130 | 8812 | ||||
aOne woman’s record had missing mode of birth and three records had missing birth weight
bStatistical model could not be fitted due to small numbers
cOne woman’s record had missing stillbirth indicator