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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Midwifery Womens Health. 2020 Apr 14;65(5):609–620. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13104

Table 1.

Sample Description of Maternal and Fetal Characteristics in National Multisite DataSet from 2002 to 2008 (N = 24,729)

Labor Phenotype Class
Maternal and Fetal Characteristics Total samplea
(N = 24,729)
Class 1 Spontaneous:
Early Admission
(n = 11,168)
Class 2 Spontaneous:
Active Admission
(n = 3077)
Class 3 Induction:
Moderate Duration
Admission
(n = 7485)
Class 4 Spontaneous:
Prolonged Second
Stage (n = 1796)
Class 5 Induction:
Prolonged Complicated
Admission (n = 1203)
Maternal age, n (%), y
<20 2248 (9.1) 1197 (10.7) 205 (6.6) 496 (6.6) 203 (11.3) 147 (12.3)
20-34 19,901 (80.5) 8909 (79.8) 2489 (80.9) 611 (81.7) 1445 (80.5) 947 (78.9)
35-39 2168 (8.8) 889 (7.9) 319 (10.4) 745 (9.9) 131 (7.3) 84 (7.0)
≥40 400 (1.6) 170 (1.5) 64 (2.1) 129 (1.7) 16 (0.9) 21 (1.8)
Gestational age, n (%), wk
37.0-38.9 8283 (33.5) 4282 (38.3) 1018 (33.1) 2115 (28.3) 464 (25.8) 404 (33.6)
39.0-40.0 11,868 (47.9) 5073 (45.4) 1650 (53.6) 3918 (52.3) 820 (45.7) 407 (33.8)
40.1-41.0 3994 (16.2) 1662 (14.8) 368 (11.9) 1195 (15.9) 458 (25.5) 311 (25.9)
>41.0 584 (2.36) 151 (1.4) 41 (1.3) 257 (3.4) 54 (3.0) 81 (6.7)
Parity, n (%)
Nulliparous 10,453 (42.3) 4807 (43.0) 463 (24.8) 2329 (31.1) 1636 (91.1) 918 (76.3)
Para 1-3 12,793 (51.7) 5695 (50.9) 1981 (64.4) 4700 (62.8) 155 (8.6) 262 (21.8)
Para ≥4 1483 (6.0) 666 (5.9) 333 (10.8) 456 (6.1) 5 (0.3) 23 (1.9)
Insurance, n (%)
Private 17,413 (71.1)
Public 7081 (28.9) 3385 (30.6) 824 (27.2) 2077 (28.0) 297 (22.2) 298 (33.4)
Prepregnancy BMI, n (%), kg/m2
Underweight (BMI <18.5) 1519 (6.1) 2311 (6.8) 227 (7.4) 382 (5.1) 116 (6.5) 40 (3.3)
Normal (BMI 18.5 to <25.0) 14,241 (57.6) 6609 (59.2) 1858 (60.4) 4074 (54.4) 1126 (62.7) 574 (47.7)
Overweight (BMI 25.0 to <30) 5357 (21.7) 2311 (20.7) 636 (20.4) 1743 (23.3) 357 (19.9) 310 (25.8)
Obese (BMI ≥30) 3612 (14.6) 1494 (13.4) 356 (11.6) 1286 (17.2) 197 (10.9) 279 (23.2)
Institute of Medicine weight gain guidelines by BMI, n (%)
Met guidelines 7918 (32.0) 3626 (32.5) 1062 (34.5) 2385 (31.9) 547 (30.5) 298 (24.8)
Over guidelines 11,379 (46.0) 4992 (44.7) 1179 (38.3) 3513 (46.9) 977 (54.4) 728 (59.7)
Under guidelines 5432 (21.9) 2550 (22.8) 836 (27.2) 1587 (21.2) 272 (15.1) 187 (15.5)
Race and ethnicity, n (%)
White and non-Hispanic 15,942 (64.5) 6991 (65.4) 1828 (61.6) 5105 (70.4) 1269 (75.8) 749 (65.9)
Black and non-Hispanic 3094 (12.5) 1377 (12.9) 422 (14.2) 1034 (14.3) 88 (5.3) 173 (15.2)
Hispanic 3677 (14.9) 1862 (17.4) 532 (17.9) 882 (12.2) 230 (13.7) 171 (15.1)
Asian or Pacific Islander 1015 (4.1) 468 (4.4) 184 (6.2) 233 (3.2) 88 (5.3) 42 (3.7)
Smoking, n (%) 1490 (6.0) 758 (6.8) 196 (6.4) 370 (4.9) 68 (3.8) 98 (8.2)
Depression (prenatal), n (%) 1404 (5.7) 692 (6.2) 130 (4.2) 433 (5.8) 82 (4.6) 67 (5.6)
Hypertension, n (%) 1553 (6.8) 431 (4.2) 89 (3.1) 654 (9.2) 133 (7.8) 246 (23.3)
Newborn macrosomia (≥4000 g), n (%) 1613 (6.6) 619 (5.6) 179 (5.9) 527 (7.1) 176 (9.9) 112 (9.4)
Female fetal sex, n (%) 12,412 (50.2) 5649 (50.6) 1511 (49.1) 3832 (51.2) 852 (47.5) 568 (47.3)
Uterine scar, n (%) 803 (3.3) 463 (5.2) 138 (4.5) 127 (1.7) 50 (2.8) 25 (2.1)
Indication labor induction, n (%) 9236 (100)
Indicated 4916 (53.2) 300 (91.2) 41 (95.4) 3499 (46.8) 347 (75.6) 729 (79.2)
Elective 4320 (46.8) 29 (8.8) 2 (4.7) 3986 (53.3) 112 (24.4) 191 (20.8)

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.

a

Missing data: Maternal age (n = 12), insurance (n = 235), race and ethnicity (n = 1001), hypertension diagnosis (1707), macrosomia (n = 255), fetal sex (n = 22).