We sought to identify factors associated with mode of delivery in a peri-urban Indian population with a high cesarean section rate. Poisson regression with robust error variance was applied to model factors associated with cesarean compared to vaginal delivery in a prospective, preconception pregnancy cohort study in Telangana State, India. Adjusted relative risks and 95% confidence intervals from multivariable models are presented. Among 1164 singleton births between 2010 and 2015, 46% were delivered by cesarean. In multiparous women (n = 674), prior cesarean delivery (4.2, 3.2-5.6), prior twin delivery (1.4, 1.1-1.9), diagnosis of hypertension (1.4, 1.0-2.0), or preeclampsia (3.5, 2.1-5.7) in a prior pregnancy independently increased the risk of cesarean. Prepregnancy overweight/obesity (1.4, 1.0-1.9), a composite of prenatal complications (1.3, 1.0-1.7), a composite of labor complications (1.5, 1.0-2.3), nonreassuring fetal heart rate (2.3, 1.3-4.1), and breech position (2.6, 1.4-5.0) also increased the cesarean risk. Among nulliparous women (n = 233), cephalo-pelvic disproportion (1.9, 1.2-3.0), a composite of labor complications (2.9, 1.8-4.9), and breech position (3.4, 1.9-6.2) increased the risk of cesarean. The high rate of cesarean delivery in this peri-urban Indian population is attributed to history of pregnancy complications, history of prior cesarean, prepregnancy body mass index, and medical indications at delivery.
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Gondwe, T., Betha, K., Kusneniwar, G. N., Bunker, C. H., Tang, G., Simhan, H., … Haggerty, C. L. (2019). Maternal factors associated with mode of delivery in a population with a high cesarean section rate. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 9(4), 252–258. https://doi.org/10.2991/jegh.k.191017.001
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