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. 2022 May;43(5):491–499. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.5.20220023

Table 2.

- The association between obstetrics histories and maternal age (N=4318).

Pregnancy related characteristics Total Mother age <40 years Mother age ≥40 years Fisher’s exact test OR (95% CI)
Gravidity
1 49 (1.1) 5 (0.2) 44 (2.0) <0.0001 8.937 (3.537-22.582)
2-4 466 (10.8) 315 (14.6) 151 (7.0) <0.0001 0.439 (0.358-0.538)
≥5 3803 (88.1) 1836 (85.2) 1967 (91.0) <0.0001 1.758 (1.455-2.124)
Parity
0 51 (1.2) 5 (0.2) 46 (2.1) <0.0001 9.352 (3.709-23.582)
1 97 (2.2) 38 (1.8) 59 (2.7) 0.020 1.564 (1.036-2.361)
2-4 1108 (25.7) 769 (35.7) 339 (15.7) <0.0001 0.335 (0.290-0.388)
≥5 3062 (70.9) 1344 (62.3) 1718 (79.5) <0.0001 2.338 (2.041-2.678)
Number of previous vaginal deliveries
0 640 (14.8) 388 (18.0) 252 (11.7) <0.0001 0.601 (0.507-0.713)
1 94 (2.2) 49 (2.3) 45 (2.1) 0.678 0.914 (0.607-1.376)
2-4 876 (20.3) 578 (26.8) 298 (13.8) <0.0001 0.436 (0.374-0.510)
≥5 2708 (62.7) 1141 (52.9) 1567 (72.5) <0.00001 2.343 (2.064-2.659)
Number of previous caesarian section
0 3436 (79.6) 1816 (84.2) 1620 (74.9) <0.0001 0.560 (0.481-0.651)
1 495 (11.5) 152 (7.1) 343 (15.9) <0.0001 2.486 (2.033-3.040)
2-4 349 (8.1) 163 (7.6) 186 (8.6) 0.219 1.151 (0.927-1.433)
≥5 38 (0.9) 25 (1.2) 13 (0.6) 0.052 0.516 (0.263-1.011)
Type of previous labors
N/A 551 (12.8) 166 (7.7) 385 (17.8) <0.0001 2.598 (2.142-3.150)
Spontaneous vaginal delivery 3509 (81.3) 1861 (86.3) 1648 (76.2) <0.0001 0.508 (0.434-0.595)
Induction delivery 258 (6.0) 129 (6.0) 129 (6.0) 1.000 0.997 (0.775-1.282)

The values presented as number and percentages (%). Fisher’s extract test utilized to see whether there was a significant difference between groups. N/A: not available, OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval