The Effect of Cesarean Delivery Skin Incision Approach in Morbidly Obese Women on the Rate of Classical Hysterotomy

Table 1

Demographics.

Characteristics	Supraumbilical; 𝑁=43	Pfannenstiel; 𝑁=90	𝑃 value
Age	32±5	26±6	<.0001
Average body mass index	64±10	56±6	<.0001
Gestation at delivery	36.5±2.9	38.3±3	.0015
African American	37 (86%)	77 (86%)	.6655
Diabetes	21 (49%)	8 (9%)	<.0001
Hypertension	23 (53%)	39 (43%)	.2722
Preeclampsia	19 (44%)	31 (34%)	.2780
Tobacco use	4 (9%)	10 (11%)	1.0000
Previous abdominal surgery	21 (49%)	44 (49%)	.9956