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. 2020 Dec 16;2020:3741608. doi: 10.1155/2020/3741608

Table 3.

Bivariate analysis of preincision antibiotic prophylaxis, adjunctive azithromycin for unscheduled cesarean delivery, and 3 g cefazolin in morbidly obese women.

Characteristic Preincision prophylaxis (%) P value Azithromycin use in intrapartum cesarean delivery (%) P value 3 g cefazolin in morbidly obese women (%) P value
Administration frequency of obstetric anesthesia <0.0001 0.2286 0.6520
 Very rarely (only a few times a year) 15/20 (75.0%) 1/20 (5.0%) 10/20 (50.0%)
 Rarely (less than once a month) 31/38 (81.6%) 3/38 (7.9%) 13/38 (34.2%)
 Occasionally (a few times a month) 453/475 (95.4%) 46/475 (9.7%) 202/475 (42.5%)
 Very often (several times a week) 663/690 (96.1%) 91/690 (13.2%) 284/690 (41.2%)

Region in the United States <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Northeast 240/248 (96.8%) 27/248 (10.9%) 97/248 (39.1%)
 Southeast 219/233 (94.0%) 20/233 (8.6%) 86/233 (36.9%)
 Midwest 238/245 (97.1%) 41/245 (16.7%) 123/244 (50.4%)
 Southwest 116/118 (98.3%) 18/118 (15.3%) 57/118 (48.3%)
 West 235/241 (97.5%) 32/241 (13.3%) 117/241 (48.6%)
 Other 114/138 (82.6%) 3/138 (2.2%) 29/138 (21.0%)

Years in practice 0.0025 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Currently training 4/4 (100.0%) 2/4 (50.0%) 3/4 (75.0%)
 <5 years 106/107 (99.1%) 26/107 (24.3%) 68/107 (63.6%)
 5–15 years 450/464 (97.0%) 68/464 (14.7%) 217/464 (46.8%)
 More than 15 years 601/647 (92.9%) 45/647 (7.0%) 221/647 (34.2%)

Institutional annual number of cesarean deliveries 0.0043 <0.0001 0.0041
 <100 70/81 (86.4%) 2/81 (2.5%) 24/81 (29.6%)
 100–500 499/523 (95.4%) 45/523 (8.6%) 202/523 (38.6%)
 >500 593/619 (95.8%) 94/619 (15.2%) 283/619 (45.7%)