Clinical Study
Mode of Delivery in Drug-Dependent Pregnant Women: A Case Control Study
Table 1
Maternal characteristics and pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of the study groups.
| | DD group () | Non-DD group () | Odds ratio (95% CI) | value |
| Maternal characteristics | | | | | Maternal age (years) | 28.40 (5.84) | 29.51 (4.81) | | 0.021 | Body mass index (Kg/m2) | 21.89 (3.73) | 24.16 (4.27) | | <0.001 | Ethnicity | | | 1.463 (0.458–4.679) | 0.519 | Caucasian | 231 (97.9) | 221 (96.9) | | | Educational level | | | 0.130 (0.084–0.202) | <0.001 | Low | 170 (77.6) | 60 (31.1) | | | Nulliparous | 109 (46.2) | 147 (64.5) | 0.473 (0.326–0.687) | <0.001 | Within multiparous | | | | | Previous cesarean section | 22 (17.3) | 22 (27.2) | 0.562 (0.287–1.100) | 0.090 | Previous vaginal delivery | 106 (83.5) | 59 (72.8) | 2.002 (1.022–3.922) | 0.041 | Pregnancy complications | | | | | Placental abnormalities | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.8) | 0.641 (0.106–3.872) | 0.625 | Hypertensive complications | 7 (3.0) | 5 (2.2) | 1.363 (0.426–4.359) | 0.600 | Fetal growth restriction | 48 (20.3) | 6 (2.6) | 9.447 (3.955–22.563) | <0.001 | Labor and neonatal outcomes | | | | | Gestational age (weeks) | 37.97 (1.53) | 38.83 (31.20) | | <0.001 | Prematurity (<37 weeks) | 39 (16.6) | 9 (3.9) | 4.842 (2.287–10.250) | <0.001 | 32+0–36+6 weeks | 35 (14.9) | 9 (3.9) | 4.258 (1.997–9.080) | <0.001 | 28+0–31+6 weeks | 4 (1.7) | 0 | 0.503 (0.460–0.551) | 0.124 | Fetal presentation | | | 0,963 (0.496–1.870) | 0.912 | Cephalic | 217 (91.9) | 209 (91.7) | | | Noncephalic | 19 (8.1) | 19 (8.3) | | | Induction of labor | 58 (24.9) | 60 (26.3) | 0.928 (0.611–1.410) | 0.726 | Cesarean section | 43 (18.2) | 66 (28.9) | 0.547 (0.353–0.847) | 0.006 | Newborn birth weight (g) | 2812.23 (456.59) | 3180.47 (2812.23) | | <0.001 | <2500 g | 61 (25.8) | 31 (13.6) | 2.215 (1.374–3.572) | 0.001 | <1500 g | 4 (1.7) | 0 | 0.504 (0.460–0.552) | 0.124 | 5 min Apgar score <7 | 2 (0.8) | 0 | 0.506 (0.463–0.554) | 0.499 |
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Values are mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables or (%) for categorical variables.
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