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Table 8 Effects of epidemiologic characteristics on prenatal care utilization, logit model 2 (odds ratios)

From: Prenatal care and socioeconomic status: effect on cesarean delivery

 

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Patient demographics

 Age

  < 20 years

0.33a (0.041)

  ≥ 35 years

0.94a (0.021)

 Parity

  = 1

0.26a (0.035)

  ≥ 2

0.14a (0.024)

Medical factors

 Previous cesarean

0.96 (0.047)

 Diabetes

0.81a (0.046)

 Hypertension

1.05 (0.126)

 Eclampsia or preeclampsia

0.92 (0.114)

 Fetal growth restriction

0.83c (0.092)

 Placental bleeding

1.05 (0.154)

 Other obstetric pathology

0.76a (0.035)

 Multiple delivery

0.97 (0.119)

 Term at delivery

  Preterm (<  37 weeks of gestation)

0.64a (0.030)

  Post-term (>  41 weeks of gestation)

1.08 (0.337)

 Abnormal presentation (Breech or transverse)

0.99 (0.128)

 Onset of labor

  Induced

0.91b (0.036)

  Cesarean before labor

0.63a (0.016)

 Mode of delivery

  Cesarean

0.87a (0.030)

 Birth weight

  Low birth weight (<  2500 g)

0.80a (0.064)

  High birth weight (>  4000 g)

1.01 (0.042)

Socioeconomic variables

Yes

Year fixed effects

Yes

Hospital effects

Fixed

N (observations)

48,042

  1. The regression uses the full sample of women. Socioeconomic variables include woman’s socioeconomic level (familial situation, healthcare coverage, education, occupation, and work status), and her partner’s one (occupation and work status). Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. a = 1% significance level, b = 5%, c = 10%