Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics	Caesarean Section for Maternal Request (n = 202)		Caesarean Section for Breech Presentation (n = 209)		p-Value
Age (m ± SD)	33.9 ± 6.2		28.8 ± 6.4		0.002
	n	%	n	%
<20	4	2.0%	15	7.2%
20–24	11	5.4%	34	16.2%
25–29	29	14.4%	78	37.3%
30–34	58	28.7%	40	19.1%
>35	100	49.5%	42	20.2%
Education					<0.001
Elementary school	5	2.5%	7	3.3%
Middle school	40	19.8%	59	28.2%
High school	83	41.1%	111	53.1%
University	74	36.6%	32	15.3%
Employment					0.004
Employed	136	67.3%	97	46.4%
Unemployed	66	32.7%	112	53.6%
BMI (m ± SD)	28.5 ± 4.9		28.09 ± 5.3		0.521
<18.5	0	0%	1	0.6%
18.5–24.99	44	21.7%	57	27.2%
25–29.99	85	42%	80	38.7%
30–34.99	50	24.8%	51	24.5%
>35	23	11.5%	20	9.6%
Onset of pregnancy					<0.001
Spontaneous	171	84.6%	205	98.1%
ART	31	15.4%	4	1.9%
Parity					0.035
Primiparous women	168	83.2%	141	67.5%
Multiparous women	34	16.8%	68	32.5%
Previous mode of delivery					0.043
Vaginal delivery	37	86.0%	90	100.0%
Operative delivery (suction cup/forceps)	6	14.0%	-	0.0%
Previous Miscarriages					0.032
Spontaneous miscarriages	66	60.6%	65	81.3%
VTPs	43	39.4%	15	18.7%
Gestational age (m ± SD)	37 w 5 d ± 2 w 3 d		37 w 6 d ± 1 w 5 d		0.151
<37 weeks	42	21%	42	20%
38–39 weeks	132	66%	162	78%
>40 weeks	28	13%	5	2%

m: mean; SD: standard deviation; ART: assisted reproductive technology; VTP: voluntary termination of pregnancy; w: weeks; d: days.