Clinical Study

Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Exercise in Pregnant Women with Chronic Hypertension and/or Previous Preeclampsia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Mode of delivery and maternal outcomes in pregnant women with chronic hypertension and/or previous PE, according to exercise or nonexercise group.

Outcome Study group ( ) Control group ( ) Relative risk (95% CI)P valuea

Mode of delivery, (%)0.13
 Vaginal delivery20 (35.7)12 (22.6)Reference
 Cesarean36 (64.3)41 (77.4)0.83 (0.65–1.06)
Reason for C-section, (%)
 Repeat C-sections8 (17.4)13 (26.5)0.62 (0.28–1.37)0.22
 Fetal distress8 (17.4)10 (20.4)0.80 (0.34–1.88)0.60
 Maternal disease12 (26.1)13 (26.5)0.92 (0.46–1.85)0.82
 Cephalopelvic disproportion/macrosomia3 (6.5)4 (8.2)0.75 (0.18–3.20)1.00b
 Failure to induce labor8 (17.4)3 (6.1)2.67 (0.74–9.55)0.11
 Other7 (15.2)6 (12.3)1.17 (0.42–3.26)0.76
Maternal morbidity, (%)0.89b
 No morbidity48 (85.7)44 (83)Reference
 PE 7 (12.5)8 (15.1)0.86 (0.32–2.12)
 Other1 (1.8)1 (1.9)0.92 (0.06–14.25)
Maternal admission to the intensive unit care, (%)5 (9.1)8 (15.1)0.60 (0.21–1.72)0.33

Calculated with chi-square test; bcalculated with Fisher’s exact test; PE: preeclampsia.