Table 1.
Population characteristics of women with a history of prior cesarean birth overall and by mode of delivery, January 2017–April 2020
| Total women with history of cesarean N = 2793 |
Vaginal birth after cesarean n = 560, 20.1% |
Repeat cesarean birth n = 2233, 79.9% |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographics | ||||
| Age in years [IQR] | 27 [23,31] | 28 [23,33] | 27 [23,31] | < 0.001a |
| Schooling n, % | < 0.001c | |||
| Illiterate | 157, 5.6% | 63, 11.2% | 94, 4.2% | |
| Literate, no school | 24, 0.9% | 11, 2.0% | 13, 0.6% | |
| Schooling | 2612, 93.5% | 486, 86.8% | 2126, 95.2% | |
| Parity n, % | < 0.001c | |||
| 1 | 1472, 52.7% | 161, 28.8% | 1311, 58.7% | |
| 2 | 812, 29.1% | 148, 26.4% | 664, 29.7% | |
| 3 + | 509, 18.2% | 251, 44.8% | 258, 11.6% | |
| BMI kg/m2 | < 0.001b | |||
| < 18.5 | 10, 0.4% | 0, 0.0% | 10, 0.4% | |
| 18.5–24.9 | 856, 30.6% | 217, 38.8% | 639, 0.6% | |
| 25–29.9 | 1188, 42.5% | 222, 39.6% | 966, 43.3% | |
| ≥ 30 | 739, 26.5% | 121, 21.6% | 618, 27.7% | |
| Obstetric characteristics | ||||
| IPI in months [IQR] | 27.3 [15.2,46.3] | 21.7 [12.9,39.2] | 29.1 [16.2,48.1] | < 0.001a |
| Antenatal Care n, % | 2708, 97.0% | 512, 91.4% | 2196, 98.3% | < 0.001c |
| Multiple Gestation n, % | 27, 1.0% | 4, 0.7% | 23, 1.0% | 0.63b |
| Female sex of baby n, % | 1386, 49.6% | 285, 50.9% | 1101, 49.3% | 0.10c |
| Missing | 3, 0.1% | 2,0.4% | 1, 0.1% | |
| Birthweight in grams [IQR] | 2870 [2610,3120] | 2855 [2585,3105] | 2890 [2610,3120] | 0.21a |
| Missing | 7, 0.3% | 5, 0.9% | 2, 0.1% | |
| Term Gestational Age n, % | 2609, 93.4% | 518, 92.5% | 2091, 93.6% | 0.33c |
| Obstructed Labor n, % | 114, 4.1% | 13, 2.3% | 101, 4.5% | 0.02c |
| Antepartum Hemorrhage n, % | 6, 0.2% | 1, 0.2% | 5, 0.2% | 1.0b |
| Hypertensive Disease n, % | 164, 5.9% | 6, 1.1% | 158, 7.1% | < 0.001c |
| Induction of Labor n, % | 44, 1.6% | 22, 3.9% | 22, 1.0% | < 0.001c |
| Referred in Labor n, % | < 0.001c | |||
| Yes | 485, 17.4% | 56, 10.0% | 429, 19.2% | |
| Missing | 1, 0.1% | 0, 0.0% | 1, 0.1% | |
| Attendant n, % | < 0.001b | |||
| Family | 1, 0.05% | 1, 0.2% | 0, 0.0% | |
| Non-OB MD | 120, 4.3% | 52, 9.3% | 68, 3.1% | |
| Nurse/Nurse Midwife | 4, 0.1% | 4, 0.7% | 0, 0.0% | |
| OB | 2318, 83.0% | 153, 27.3% | 2165, 96.9% | |
| Other | 3, 0.1% | 3, 0.5% | 0, 0.0% | |
| Self | 1, 0.05% | 1, 0.2% | 0, 0.0% | |
| Traditional birth attendant | 346, 12.4% | 346, 61.8% | 0, 0.0% | |
| Delivery location n, % | < 0.001b | |||
| Clinic/Health Center | 2, 0.1% | 1, 0.2% | 1, 0.1% | |
| Home | 351, 12.6% | 351, 62.7% | 0, 0.0% | |
| Hospital | 2272, 81.3% | 195, 34.8% | 2077, 93.0% | |
| Other | 168, 6.0% | 13, 2.3% | 155, 6.9% |
Note All tests performed excluding missing data
aKruskall-Wallis
bFisher’s exact
cchi2