Research Article
Predictors of Cephalic Vaginal Delivery Following External Cephalic Version: An Eight-Year Single-Centre Study of 447 Cases
Table 2
Predictors of ECV success.
| | Successful ECV () | Unsuccessful ECV () | OR | CI | |
| Age (years) | | | | | | ≤25 | 16 (47%) | 18 (53%) | 1.52 | 0.75 to 3.06 | | 26–30 | 30 (33%) | 60 (67%) | 0.85 | 0.53 to 1.38 | | 31–35 | 66 (36%) | 116 (64%) | 0.97 | 0.68 to 1.39 | | >35 | 51 (39%) | 79 (61%) | 1.10 | 0.79 to 1.65 | | Gestation (weeks) | | | | | | ≤36 | 45 (37%) | 78 (63%) | 0.99 | 0.65to 1.49 | | 37 | 67 (34%) | 131 (66%) | 0.87 | 0.62 to 1.24 | | ≥38 | 44 (41%) | 64 (59%) | 1.18 | 0.76 to 1.80 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | | 15–20 | 31 (50%) | 31 (50%) | 1.71 | 1.00 to 2.91 | | 20.1–25 | 60 (34%) | 117 (68%) | 0.88 | 0.61 to 1.26 | | 25.1–30 | 30 (37%) | 51 (63%) | 1.01 | 0.62 to 1.64 | | ≥30.1 | 13 (32%) | 28 (68%) | 0.79 | 0.40 to 1.57 | | AFI (cm) | | | | | | ≤10 | 36 (27%) | 97 (73%) | 0.63 | 0.41 to 0.97 | | 11 to 15 | 65 (35%) | 119 (65%) | 0.93 | 0.65 to 1.34 | | ≥16 | 39 (55%) | 32 (45%) | 2.08 | 1.26 to 3.45 | | Parity (number) | | | | | | 0 | 92 (32%) | 197 (68%) | 0.80 | 0.58 to 1.09 | | ≥1 | 64 (47%) | 71 (53%) | 1.54 | 1.04 to 2.27 | | Tocolytic use | | | | | | Yes | 114 (39%) | 178 (61%) | 1.09 | 0.81 to 1.48 | | No | 47 (32%) | 101 (68%) | 0.80 | 0.54 to 1.18 | |
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