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Table 2 Maternal characteristics and obstetric complications and newborn outcomes of parturients who underwent CD with NA and GA during 2013–2016

From: A retrospective analysis of maternal complications and newborn outcomes of general anesthesia for cesarean delivery in a single tertiary hospital in China

Variables

NA

(N = 1825)

GA

(N = 761)

P value#

Maternal Age (years)

30.52 ± 4.95

30.25 ± 5.21

0.212

Stratified Age (years)

 18–28

678(37.15)

299(39.29)

0.538

 29–33

641(35.12)

259(34.03)

 34–49

506(27.73)

200(26.28)

 Missing

0(0)

3(0.39)

Delivery Year

 2013

188(10.3)

74(9.72)

0.931

 2014

460(25.21)

200(26.28)

 2015

420(23.01)

173(22.73)

 2016

757(41.48)

314(41.26)

BMI (Kg/m 2 )

28.88 ± 4.31

28.54 ± 4.27

0.188

Stratified BMI (Kg/m 2 )

  < 25.5

300(16.44)

129(16.95)

0.612

 25.5–28

509(27.89)

203(26.68)

 28–31

478(26.19)

183(24.05)

  >  = 31

473(25.92)

170(22.34)

 Missing

65(3.56)

76(9.99)

Gestational age (Days)

266.28 ± 17.04

249.30 ± 24.03

 < 0.001

Stratified Gestational age (Days)

 175–259

419(22.96)

449(59.00)

 < 0.001

 260–270

501(27.45)

182(23.92)

 271–277

488(26.74)

76(9.99)

 278–301

416(22.79)

53(6.96)

 Missing

1(0.05)

1(0.13)

Categorization of Maternal complications

 No

1207(66.14)

1(0.13)

 < 0.001

 Nuerological disease and/or mental disorders

7(0.38)

24(3.15)

 Coagulation deficiency

2(0.11)

168(22.08)

 Pregnancy-related Complications

374(20.49)

520(68.33)

 Autoimmune disease

18(0.99)

30(3.94)

 Others

211(11.56)

18(2.37)

 Missing

6(0.33)

0(0)

Emergency or Selective

 Emergency

941(51.56)

558(73.32)

 < 0.001

 Selective

883(48.38)

185(24.31)

 Missing

1(0.05)

18(2.37)

Primary or Repeat

 Primary

1246(68.27)

421(55.32)

 < 0.001

 Repeat

574(31.45)

329(43.23)

 Missing

5(0.27)

11(1.45)

Twins

 No

1729(94.74)

727(95.53)

0.401

 Yes

96(5.26)

34(4.47)

Newborn weight(g)

3260.8 ± 702.2

2652.4 ± 821.3

 < 0.001

Apgar Score at 1 min

 0–4

11(0.6)

49(6.44)

 < 0.001

 5–7

31(1.7)

80(10.51)

 8–10

1782(97.64)

606(79.63)

 Death

1(0.05)

26(3.42)

Apgar Score at 5 min

 0–4

7(0.38)

15(1.97)

 < 0.001

 5–7

12(0.66)

42(5.52)

 8–10

1805(98.9)

678(89.09)

 Death

1(0.05)

26(3.42)

NICU

 0

1512(82.85)

497(65.31)

 < 0.001

 1

310(16.99)

232(30.49)

 Missing

3(0.16)

32(4.2)

Total Hospital Days

7.34 ± 5.45

11.93 ± 9.63

 < 0.001

Hospital Days after Delivery

4.39 ± 1.77

6.49 ± 4.20

 < 0.001

  1. Indications: GA General anesthesia, NA Neuraxial anesthesia, BMI Body mass index, NICU Neonatal intensive care unit
  2. #p values were derived using chis-squared test or Fisher exact test for each categorical variable and Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous variables, after excluding the corresponding missing value