Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of participating women

	All, n = 335	No adhesions, n = 207	Adhesions, n = 128	P-value
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age (years)	31.2 ± 4.9	30.6 ± 5.2	32.3 ± 4.3	<0.01
Current living in Greater Accra region (n, %)	298 (90.0)	191 (92.7)	107 (85.6)	<0.01
Married, engaged or living together (n, %)	286 (87.2)	174 (87.0)	112 (87.5)	0.90
Education level (n, %)				0.99
No education	28 (8.5)	17 (8.4)	11 (8.6)
Primary school	94 (28.5)	59 (29.1)	35 (27.6)
Secondary school	113 (34.2)	69 (34.0)	44 (34.7)
Tertiary school	95 (28.8)	58 (28.6)	37 (29.1)
Obstetric and medical history
Parity (n, %)				<0.01
0	65 (19.5)	63 (30.4)	2 (1.6)
1-4	259 (77.5)	137 (66.2)	122 (96.1)
5-9	10 (3.0)	7 (3.4)	3 (2.4)
Number of previous CS (n, %)				<0.01
0	107 (31.9)	104 (50.2)	3 (2.3)
1	150 (44.8)	73 (35.3)	77 (60.2)
2	61 (18.2)	27 (13.0)	34 (26.6)
3	17 (5.1)	3 (1.5)	14 (10.9)
Indication for previous CS (n, %)				0.07
Maternal	61 (28.9)	21 (21.4)	40 (35.4)
Maternal-neonatal	82 (38.9)	40 (40.8)	42 (37.2)
Neonatal	68 (32.2)	37 (37.8)	31 (27.4)
Previous surgery (n, %)	17 (5.1)	0 (0)	17 (13.3)	<0.01
Uterine fibroids	12 (3.6)	6 (2.9)	6 (4.7)	0.39
Mid-pregnancy weight in kg (mean, SD)	74.2 (14.5)	73.8 (15.0)	75.0 (13.3)	0.49
Current delivery
Gestational age at delivery in weeks (n, %)⥾				0.62
≤ 37	78 (25.4)	51 (27.1)	27 (22.7)
38 – 41	220 (71.7)	130 (69.7)	89 (74.8)
≥ 42	9 (2.9)	6 (3.2)	3 (2.5)
Type of current CS				0.02
Elective	127 (37.9)	68 (32.9)	59 (46.1)
Emergency	208 (62.1)	139 (67.2)	69 (53.9)
Indication for current CS (n, %)				<0.01
Maternal	173 (52.9)	84 (41.8)	89 (70.6)
Maternal-neonatal	83 (25.4)	57 (28.4)	26 (20.6)
Neonatal	71 (21.7)	60 (29.9)	11 (8.7)

CS cesarean section, n number, SD standard deviation