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Table 2 Medical indication for C-section according to the hospital guidelines: percentage and determinants

From: Socioeconomic differences in caesarean section – are they explained by medical need? An analysis of patient record data of a large Kenyan hospital

 

Women with medical indication

Univariate

Adjusted for maternal age a

Adjusted for parity b

Adjusted for previous C-section

Adjusted for all a b

n

%

OR [95% CI]

P value

OR [95% CI]

P Value

OR [95% CI]

P Value

OR [95% CI]

P Value

OR [95% CI]

P Value

Total population

1433/12209

11.7

Occupation

 Housewife

797/7129

11.2

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Small business

295/2161

13.7

1.26 (1.09;1.45)

0.0018

1.16 (1.00;1.34)

0.0454

1.24 (1.08;1.44)

0.0028

1.21 (1.00;1.46)

0.0499

1.17 (0.97;1.41)

0.1071

 Professional

205/1304

15.7

1.48 (1.25;1.75)

0.0000

1.31 (1.11;1.55)

0.0016

1.5 (1.27;1.77)

0.0000

1.33 (1.07;1.66)

0.0117

1.17 (0.93;1.48)

0.1672

 Student

117/1375

8.5

0.74 (0.60;0.91)

0.0035

0.93 (0.76;1.15)

0.5087

0.81 (0.65;0.99)

0.0411

1.19 (0.95;1.48)

0.1294

1.19 (0.94;1.49)

0.1402

Overall p-value

   

0.0000

 

0.0044

 

0.0000

 

0.0281

 

0.1832

Maternal age

  < 16 years

4/61

6.6

1

   

1

 

1

 

1

 

 16–20 years

171/2081

8.2

1.28 (0.46;3.56)

0.6417

1.27 (0.45;3.54)

0.6509

1.09 (0.39;3.04)

0.8705

1.12 (0.40;3.15)

0.8330

 21–25 years

413/4437

9.3

1.46 (0.53;4.05)

0.4646

1.46 (0.53;4.05)

0.4656

1.02 (0.37;2.83)

0.9698

1.1 (0.39;3.09)

0.8534

 26–30 years

461/3373

13.7

2.26 (0.81;6.25)

0.1175

2.33 (0.84;6.48)

0.1035

1.13 (0.40;3.13)

0.8207

1.37 (0.48;3.87)

0.5541

 31–35 years

239/1452

16.5

2.81 (1.01;7.81)

0.0480

2.99 (1.07;8.35)

0.0370

1.17 (0.42;3.30)

0.7601

1.63 (0.57;4.69)

0.3655

 36–40 years

119/656

18.1

3.16 (1.12;8.87)

0.0291

3.51 (1.24;9.95)

0.0184

1.19 (0.41;3.44)

0.7425

1.97 (0.66;5.84)

0.2228

  > 40 years

25/124

20.2

3.6 (1.19;10.86)

0.0231

4.17 (1.36;12.80)

0.0126

2.16 (0.68;6.82)

0.1896

4.24 (1.29;13.90)

0.0173

Overall p-value

   

0.0000

   

0.0000

 

0.2171

 

0.0001

Parity

 0–1

557/5915

9.4

1

 

1

   

1

 

1

 

 2–4

795/5564

14.3

1.6 (1.43;1.80)

0.0000

1.21 (1.06;1.38)

0.0037

0.62 (0.54;0.73)

0.0000

0.5 (0.42;0.60)

0.0000

  > 4

78/692

11.3

1.22 (0.95;1.57)

0.1178

0.64 (0.48;0.85)

0.0020

0.8 (0.58;1.09)

0.1581

0.48 (0.34;0.70)

0.0000

Overall p-value

   

0.0000

 

0.0000

   

0.0000

 

0.0000

Previous C-section

 No

829/11605

7.1

 Yes

604/604

100

  1. aAdjustment for age in years; bAdjustment for parity in actual number of births (not in parity categories)