Table 2.
Demographics, obstetric data and selected complications at 6 week postpartum of study subjects who finished the 12‐month follow up. Characteristics are presented as median and interquartile range for non‐normally distributed variables. Categorical variables are presented as total number (percentage in group)
| Parameter | Closure technique | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single‐layer (n = 149) | Double‐layer (n = 175) | ||
| Demographic and obstetrics details | |||
| Maternal age (y) | 31.0 (29.0‐34.0) | 32.0 (29.0‐34.0) | 0.392a |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.4 (20.4‐25.3) | 22.3 (20.1‐24.2) | 0.602a |
| Gestational age at delivery (gestational weeks) | 40.0 (39.0‐41.0) | 40.0 (40.0‐41.0) | 0.446a |
| Type of cesarean section | |||
| Acute in pregnancy | 8 (5.4) | 8 (4.6) | 0.850b |
| Acute during labor | 62 (41.6) | 70 (40.0) | |
| Planned in pregnancy | 16 (10.7) | 22 (12.6) | |
| Planned during labor | 63 (42.3) | 75 (42.9) | |
| Cervical dilation | |||
| No dilation | 42 (28.2) | 49 (28.0) | 0.245b |
| Partial dilation | 82 (55.0) | 84 (48.0) | |
| Full dilation | 25 (16.8) | 42 (24.0) | |
| 6‐week complications | |||
| None | 135 (90.6) | 159 (90.9) | 0.263b |
| Maternal infectious morbidity | 7 (4.7) | 7 (4.0) | |
| Operative procedures on wound | 4 (2.7) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Other (placental remnants, transfusion) | 3 (2.0) | 8 (4.6) | |
a
Wilcoxon‐Mann‐Whitney test.
b
Pearson Chi‐square test.