Table 2.

Reasons for emergency cesarean section

Reasons	Value	P value	Cervical dilatation (cm)*
Fetal distress	666 (67.21)	<0.001	2.85±1.63
Abnormal fetal position	148 (14.93)		4.93±2.38
Relative cephalopelvic disproportion	81 (8.17)		2.71±1.73
Social factors	64 (6.46)		2.16±1.30
Others†	21 (2.12)		2.83±1.93
Antepartum hemorrhage	11 (1.11)		2.82±1.47

*Compared with other groups, the cervical dilatation was significantly higher in women who received EmCS for abnormal fetal position (p<0.001 for all).

†Others included pathologic retraction rings in 6 cases (0.61%), pre-eclampsia in 9 (0.91%), threatened uterine rupture in 5 (0.50%) and presentation of umbilical cord in 1 case (0.10%).