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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Feb;129(2):311–320. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001847

Table 3.

Successful vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery in relation to participant characteristics among women on whom vacuum was attempted (N=1,652)

Characteristics Successful Vacuum

N (%) Crude OR [95% CI] Adjusted OR* [95% CI]

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)
Underweight (< 18.5) 75 (92.6) 0.58 [0.24–1.41] 0.54 [0.21–1.37]
Normal Weight (18.5 to < 25.0) 927 (95.6) Reference Reference
Overweight (25.0 to < 30.0) 341 (94.5) 0.79 [0.46–1.36] 1.07 [0.57–2.00]
Obese (≥30.0) 231 (96.3) 1.19 [0.57–2.48] 1.09 [0.51–2.33]
Age (years)
15 – 19 128 (96.2) 0.76 [0.25–2.38]
20 – 24 268 (97.1) Reference
25 – 29 424 (94.0) 0.47 [0.21–1.05]
30 – 34 466 (95.1) 0.58 [0.26–1.31]
35+ 288 (95.4) 0.61 [0.25–1.49]
Race
Black 102 (96.2) 1.34 [0.48–3.78] 1.48 [0.44–4.98]
White 1,009 (95.0) Reference Reference
Asian 112 (94.9) 0.98 [0.41–2.33] 1.12 [0.42–3.02]
Hispanic 215 (98.6) 3.76 [1.17–12.16] 3.39 [1.03–11.13]
Other 136 (91.9) 0.60 [0.31–1.14] 0.62 [0.30–1.28]
Marital Status
Married 944 (95.1) 0.91 [0.57–1.45]
Not married 616 (95.5) Reference
Parity
0 1.076 (93.6) Reference
1 344 (99.4) 11.67 [2.85–47.79] 11.85 [2.86–49.08]
2+ 154 (98.1) 3.48 [1.08–11.19] 3.38 [1.03–11.07]
Smoking Cigarettes
No Smoking 1,391 (95.4) 1.25 [0.65–2.41]
Smoking 183 (94.3) Reference
Diabetes (Type 1, 2, GDM)
Not Diabetes 1,350 (95.4) Reference
Diabetes 72 (91.1) 0.50 [0.22–1.12] 0.47 [0.20–1.11]
Hypertension (chronic, pregnancy–induced, preeclampsia)
Not hypertension 1,424 (90.5) Reference
Hypertension 150 (9.5) 1.26 [0.54–2.96]
Received Prenatal Care
No 17 (100.0)
Yes 1,547 (95.2) Reference
Any labor induction or augmentation
No 382 (96.9) Reference Reference
Yes 1,192 (94.7) 0.57 [0.30–1.06] 0.59 [0.30–1.17]
Epidural
No 195 (95.1) Reference Reference
Yes 1,379 (95.3) 1.04 [0.53–2.06] 1.77 [0.84–3.71]
Adherence To 2009 IOM Guideline
Inadequate 285 (94.7) 0.94 [0.49–1.81]
Appropriate 437 (95.0) Reference
Excessive 851 (95.6) 1.15 [0.68–1.95]
Estimated Gestational Age
EGA <37 68 (97.1) Reference Reference
EGA 37+ 1,506 (95.2) 0.58 [0.14–2.42] 0.26 [0.04–1.93]
Neonate weight
SGA 185 (97.4) 1.89 [0.75–4.75] 3.43 [1.05–11.25]
AGA 1,312 (95.1) Reference Reference
LGA 75 (92.6) 0.64 [0.27–1.52] 0.44 [0.18–1.12]
*

Adjusted for: age category, smoking, hypertension, prenatal care, epidural, adherence to GWG, race, diabetes, induction, augmentation, and estimated gestational age

Significant Odds Ratios at the p< 0.05 level bolded

GDM (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus), GWG (Gestational Weight Gain), IOM (Institute of Medicine), SGA (Small for Gestational Age), AGA (Average for Gestational Age), LGA (Large for Gestational Age)