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Table 2 Maternal and neonatal characteristics of three different management groups for WHOGS and WHOMCS databases

From: Management of pregnancy at and beyond 41 completed weeks of gestation in low-risk women: a secondary analysis of two WHO multi-country surveys on maternal and newborn health

Variables

WHOGS (N = 16,148)

Different management groups

P value

WHOMCS (N = 16,855)

Different management groups

P value

IOL

(N = 2119)

n (%)

ECS

(N = 691)

n (%)

EM

(N = 13,338)

n (%)

IOL

(N = 2213)

n (%)

ECS

(N = 1260)

n (%)

EM

(N = 13,382)

n (%)

Maternal characteristics

 Age (Years)

   ≤ 19

168 (7.9)

53 (7.7)

1578 (11.8)

< 0.001

222 (10.0)

104 (8.3)

1532 (11.5)

0.003

  20–34

1786 (84.3)

571 (82.6)

10,623 (79.7)

1801 (81.4)

1035 (82.1)

10,606 (79.3)

   ≥ 35

165 (7.8)

67 (9.7)

1137 (8.5)

190 (8.6)

121 (9.6)

1244 (9.3)

 Education (School years)

   < 7

412 (20.0)

119 (17.3)

3218 (24.3)

< 0.001

290 (13.1)

195 (15.4)

2854 (21.3)

< 0.001

  7–12

1173 (56.9)

409 (59.4)

7842 (59.3)

1151 (52.0)

728 (57.8)

7671 (57.3)

   > 12

476 (23.1)

161 (23.4)

2176 (16.4)

772 (34.9)

337 (26.8)

2857 (21.4)

 Marital

  With partner

1954 (92.3)

620 (90.0)

11,663 (87.5)

< 0.001

1944 (87.8)

1119 (88.8)

11,812 (88.3)

0.692

  Without partner

164 (7.7)

69 (10.0)

1660 (12.5)

269 (12.2)

141 (11.2)

1570 (11.7)

 Parity

  Primiparous

1223 (57.7)

372 (53.8)

6353 (47.6)

< 0.001

1304 (59.0)

797 (63.3)

6496 (48.6)

< 0.001

  Multiparous

896 (42.3)

319 (46.2)

6985 (52.4)

908 (41.0)

462 (36.7)

6879 (51.4)

 Previous CS

  Yes

43 (2.0)

171 (24.7)

731 (5.5)

< 0.001

75 (3.4)

259 (20.7)

879 (6.6)

< 0.001

  No

2076 (98.0)

520 (75.3)

12,607 (94.5)

2135 (96.6)

993 (79.3)

12,480 (93.4)

Neonatal characteristics

 Birth weight

   < 2500 g

57 (2.7)

9 (1.3)

359 (2.7)

< 0.001

71 (3.2)

33 (2.6)

448 (3.4)

< 0.001

  2500–4000 g

1970 (93.0)

585 (84.7)

12,220 (91.6)

2017 (91.1)

1084 (86.0)

12,208 (91.2)

   > 4000 g

92 (4.3)

97 (14.0)

758 (5.7)

125 (5.7)

143(11.4)

726 (5.4)

  1. (IOL Induction of labour group, ECS Elective Caesarean section group, EM Expectant management group)