Research Article
Predictors of Cephalic Vaginal Delivery Following External Cephalic Version: An Eight-Year Single-Centre Study of 447 Cases
Table 3
Predictors of cephalic vaginal delivery in patients undergoing ECV.
| | Cephalic vaginal delivery () | Other birth outcomes () | OR | CI | |
| Age (years) | | | | | | ≤25 | 12 (35%) | 22(65%) | 1.38 | 0.66 to 2.89 | | 26–30 | 21 (24%) | 68 (76%) | 0.78 | 0.46 to 1.34 | | 31–35 | 41 (29%) | 102 (71%) | 1.02 | 0.66 to 1.55 | | >35 | 36 (32%) | 76 (68%) | 1.20 | 0.76 to 1.88 | | Gestation (weeks) | | | | | | ≤36 | 29 (27%) | 79 (73%) | 0.94 | 0.59 to 1.52 | | 37 | 45 (26%) | 130 (74%) | 0.89 | 0.59 to 1.33 | | ≥38 | 29 (30%) | 69 (70%) | 1.08 | 0.67 to 1.76 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | | 15–20 | 17 (33%) | 35 (67%) | 1.25 | 0.67 to 2.32 | | 20.1–25 | 46 (26%) | 131 (74%) | 0.90 | 0.60 to 1.35 | | 25.1–30 | 21 (25%) | 63 (75%) | 0.86 | 0.50 to 1.47 | | ≥30.1 | 11 (29%) | 27 (71%) | 1.05 | 0.50 to 2.18 | | AFI (cm) | | | | | | ≤10 | 19 (17%) | 92 (83%) | 0.53 | 0.31 to 0.91 | | 11 to 15 | 51 (30%) | 118 (70%) | 1.11 | 0.75 to 1.64 | | ≥16 | 20 (36%) | 36 (64%) | 1.43 | 0.79 to 2.57 | | Parity (number) | | | | | | 0 | 55 (21%) | 210 (79%) | 0.67 | 0.47 to 0.97 | | ≥1 | 54 (43%) | 72 (57%) | 1.92 | 1.27 to 2.92 | | Tocolytic use | | | | | | Yes | 64 (26%) | 184 (74%) | 0.89 | 0.62 to 1.28 | | No | 44 (31%) | 99 (69%) | 1.14 | 0.75 to 1.73 | |
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