Research Article
A Case-Control Study on Risk Factors for Preterm Deliveries in a Secondary Care Hospital, Southern India
Table 3
Mode of delivery of study population.
| | Mode of delivery | Cases ()
(%) | Controls ()
(%) | value | Odds ratio | 95% CI |
| | Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 63 (41.4) | 171 (51.2) | 0.03 | 0.66 | 0.45–0.97 | | Assisted vaginal delivery | 09 (5.9) | 34 (10.2) | 0.12 | 0.55 | 0.26–1.17 | | Elective LSCS* | 18 (11.8) | 58 (17.4) | 0.11 | 0.63 | 0.36–1.01 | | Emergency LSCS* | 62 (40.8) | 71 (21.3) | <0.001 | 2.50 | 1.65–3.78 |
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LSCS: lower segment caesarean section.
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