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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 3.

Risk for Postpartum Hemorrhage by Labor Process Phenotype and Maternal and Fetal Characteristics

Risk for Postpartum Hemorrhage
Entire Sample
(N = 24,729)
Women with Labor Induction
(n = 8223)

Adjusteda OR (95% CI)
UnadjustedOR (95% CI) Adjusteda OR (95% CI)
Labor process phenotype
Class 1 (Spontaneous: Early Admission) Reference Reference Reference
Class 2 (Spontaneous: Active Admission) 1.03 (0.84-1.27) 1.17 (0.93-1.46)
Class 3 (Induction: Moderate Duration Admission) 1.22 (1.05-1.42)b 1.26 (1.07-1.47)b 1.56 (0.79-3.11)
Class 4 (Spontaneous: Prolonged Second Stage) 2.21 (1.82-2.70)c 1.77 (1.42-2.21)c 2.63 (1.23-5.60)b
Class 5 (Induction: Prolonged Complicated Admission) 3.45 (2.82-4.21)c 2.82 (2.24-3.54)c 3.89 (1.91-7.89)c
Parity
Nulliparous 1.72 (1.52-1.94)c 1.52 (1.30-1.77)c 1.47 (1.17-1.87)c
Para 1-3 Reference Reference Reference
Para 4+ 0.72 (0.52-0.99)b 0.69 (0.49-0.99)b 0.62 (0.34-1.11)
Pregnancy weight gain guidelinesd
Met guidelines Reference Reference Reference
Over guidelines 1.34 (1.17-1.54)c 1.22 (1.05-1.43)b 1.18 (0.93-1.49)
Race and ethnicity
White and non-Hispanic Reference Reference Reference
Black and non-Hispanic 1.38 (1.16-1.64)c 1.39 (1.13-1.73)b 1.61 (1.18-2.19)b
Hispanic 1.77 (1.53-2.06)c 1.85 (1.56-2.20)c 1.96 (1.48-2.59)c
Asian or Pacific Islander 1.21 (0.89-1.62) 1.22 (0.89-1.67) 1.58 (0.98-2.57)
Hypertension 2.15 (1.79-2.56)c 1.63 (1.33-2.00)c 1.72 (1.31-2.26)c
Macrosomia (≥4000 g) 1.53 (1.25-1.87)c 1.54 (1.23-1.94)c 1.50 (0.80-1.67)
Indication IOL (n = 9236) elective 0.65 (0.54-0.78)c NA 1.04 (0.82-1.31)

Abbreviations: IOL, induction of labor; NA, not analyzed; OR, odds ratio.

a

Adjusted for history of prior cesarean birth, fetal sex, prenatal depression, gestational weight gain under recommended guidelines, public versus private insurance, maternal age, smoking status, gestational age at birth, and prepregnancy body mass index.

b

P ≤ .01.

c

P ≤ .001.

d

Institute of Medicine guidelines based on prepregnancy body mass index.