Table 2.
Maternal, fetal, and obstetric characteristics of the study population at onset of labor
| Characteristic | Breech n = 50 |
Cephalic n = 102 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parity | 0.006 | ||
| Primipara | 41 (82.0%) | 59 (57.8%) | |
| Multipara | 9 (18.0%) | 43 (42.2%) | |
| Type of breech | |||
| Frank | 45 (90.0%) | NA | |
| Complete | 5 (10.0%) | NA | |
| Planned location of birth | |||
| Home | 38 (76.0%) | 94 (92.2%) | |
| Birth center | 12 (24.0%) | 8 (7.9%) | |
| Mean birthweight (range)a | 3274 g (2410–4224) | 3606 g (2325–5046) | 0.0002 |
| Birthweight percentilesb | |||
| < 10th | 10 (20.8%) | 11 (11.0%) | |
| > 90th | 1 (2.1%) | 16 (16.0%) | |
| Mean wks gestation (range)c | 39.9 (37–42) | 40.1 (35–44) | 0.154 |
a Birthweights were not recorded for 2 cephalic and 2 breech infants; one infant from each group was a hospital transport
b Compared against percentile tables in Talge 2014 [69]
c Weeks gestation were recorded as a rounded average, i.e. 37 weeks = 36 4/7 to 37 3/7