Clinical Study
A Randomized Study Comparing Skin Staples with Subcuticular Sutures for Wound Closure at Caesarean Section in Black-Skinned Women
Table 2
Comparison of obstetric characteristics of the study participants.
| | Variables | Stable | Suture | value | value | | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| | Gravidity | 2.91 (1.49) | 3.00 (2.04) | −0.231 | 0.818 | | Parity | 1.19 (1.23) | 1.04 (1.02) | 0.640 | 0.524 | | GA at booking (weeks) | 20.41 (8.59) | 20.88 (8.65) | −0.248 | 0.805 | | GA at delivery (weeks) | 38.39 (2.04) | 38.33 (2.17) | 0.142 | 0.887 | | Weight at booking (kg) | 69.15 (13.88) | 74.87 (14.00) | −1.956 | 0.054 | | BMI at booking (kg/m2) | 27.04 (4.84) | 28.25 (5.13) | −1.151 | 0.253 |
| | Variables | Staples group
-47 (%) | Suture group
-47 (%) | Total
-94 (%) | Chi-square | value |
| | Obstetric risk factor | | | | 0.720 | 0.396 | | No | 20 (42.6) | 16 (34.0) | 36 (38.3) | | | | Yes | 27 (57.4) | 31 (66.0) | 58 (61.7) | | | | Labour before C/S | | | | | 0.316* | | No | 40 (85.1) | 44 (93.6) | 84 (89.4) | | | | Yes | 7 (14.9) | 3 (6.4) | 10 (10.6) | | | | One previous C/S | | | | 0.684 | 0.408 | | No | 27 (57.4) | 23 (48.9) | 50 (53.2) | | | | Yes | 20 (42.6) | 24 (51.1) | 44 (46.8) | | |
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Fisher’s exact test value; C/S: caesarean section; GA: gestational age; BMI: body mass index; SD: standard deviation.
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