Table 4.
Logistic regression analysis showing factors that significantly affected women’s preference for caesarean section compared with those who preferred vaginal delivery.
| All women who preferred CS (n = 85) |
Nulliparous women who preferred CS (n = 65) |
Parous women who preferred CS (n = 20) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aOR | 95% CI | Statistical significance | aOR | 95% CI | Statistical significance | aOR | 95% CI | Statistical significance | |
| Parity & delivery mode, nulliparous | 3.8 | 1.0, 14.0 | P < 0.05 | ||||||
| Parity & delivery mode, parous, caesarean history | 17.1 | 3.9, 75.6 | P < 0.05 | 21.0 | 4.1, 106.9 | P < 0.05 | |||
| Age, ≥ 35 years | 2.3 | 1.2, 4.5 | P < 0.05 | 4.0 | 1.9, 8.3 | P < 0.05 | |||
| Living outside Beijing | 7.6 | 1.1, 52.7 | P < 0.05 | ||||||
| No medical insurance | 2.3 | 1.1, 5.0 | P < 0.05 | ||||||
| Gravidity (2+) | 2.1 | 1.2, 3.8 | P < 0.05 | 2.2 | 1.2, 4.0 | P < 0.05 | |||
| Only one information source | 2.8 | 1.3, 5.9 | P < 0.05 | 3.0 | 1.3, 6.9 | P < 0.05 | |||
| Lacking knowledge (>1 item) about CS complications | 3.6 | 1.5, 8.7 | P < 0.05 | ||||||
| Lacking knowledge (>1 item) about VD complications | 0.2 | 0.1, 0.4 | P < 0.05 | 0.3 | 0.2, 0.6 | P < 0.05 | |||
| Thought doctors had no right to decide delivery mode | 2.0 | 1.1, 3.8 | P < 0.05 | 2.5 | 1.3, 4.9 | P < 0.05 | |||
All independent variables presented in Table 1 were used in the model and those with a P < 0.05 were included.
CS, caesarean section; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; VD, vaginal delivery.