Skip to main content
. 2021 Apr 16;32(9):2383–2391. doi: 10.1007/s00192-021-04768-0

Table 4.

Odds ratios of factors associated with residual volume ≥ 750 ml, stratified by mode of birth (spontaneous or instrumental)

Spontaneous birth

n = 1323

Unadjusted OR 95% CI p value Adjusted OR4 95% CI p value
Pudendal nerve block 0.92 0.43 1.95 0.83 0.81 0.36 1.81 0.61
Epidural/spinal analgesia 2.09 0.78 5.55 0.14 2.06 0.75 5.67 0.16
Episiotomy 0.52 0.23 1.18 0.12 0.49 0.21 1.13 0.10
Birth unit1 0.55 0.21 1.42 0.21 0.47 0.17 1.28 0.14

Instrumental birth2

n = 1283

Unadjusted OR 95% CI p value Adjusted OR4 95% CI p value
Pudendal nerve block 0.93 0.41 2.11 0.86 0.94 0.41 2.16 0.88
Epidural/ spinal analgesia 1.34 0.26 6.94 0.73 1.79 0.32 10.05 0.51
Episiotomy 1.11 0.33 3.77 0.87 1.11 0.32 3.85 0.87
Birth unit1 0.50 0.20 1.26 0.14 0.46 0.18 1.20 0.11

1Unit 1 (Rikshospitalet) compared with Unit 2 (Ullevål). 2Vacuum and/or forceps extraction. 3Number of women included in the analysis. 4Multivariable model, epidural/spinal analgesia, episiotomy and birth unit were included. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval