Research Article
Successful External Cephalic Version: Factors Predicting Vaginal Birth
Table 3
Maternal characteristics of the study group (successful external cephalic version) and control group (spontaneous cephalic presentation).
| | | Study group () | Control group () | value |
| | Age (years) | 29.91 ± 4.53 | 28.84 ± 4.79 | 0.184 | | Parity | 0.96 ± 1.22 | 0.94 ± 1.22 | | | Primigravida (%) | 33 (49.3%) | 33 (49.3%) | (Matched variable) | | Para 1–4 (%) | 32 (47.8%) | 32 (47.8%) | | Para ≥5 (%) | 2 (3.0%) | 2 (3.0%) | | Ethnicity | | | | | Malays (%) | 46 (68.7%) | 50 (74.6) | , | | Chinese (%) | 14 (20.9%) | 7 (10.4%) | | Indian (%) | 2 (3.0%) | 3 (4.5%) | | Others (%) | 5 (7.4%) | 7 (10.5%) | | Gestational age at ECV (days) | | NA | NA | | Gestational age at delivery (days) | | | 0.000 | | BMI at delivery (kg/m2) | | | 0.000 | | Interval of ECV to delivery (median, quartile) (days) | 15.0 (8.0, 21.0) | NA | NA |
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All expressed in mean ± SD unless specified.
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