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Risk Factors Associated with Cesarean Section in a Chinese Rural Population: A Cross-Sectional Study | |||||||||||||||||||
| Authors: | Y. Zhou, M.S., N. Ji, Ph.D., C. Pang, M.S., D. He, Ph.D., L. Hou, Ph.D., and Y. Cheng, M.D. | |||||||||||||||||||
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OBJECTIVE: To identify individual and clinical risk factors associated with cesarean section (CS) delivery in a Chinese rural population. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted with data from hospital medical records in Henan Province and Anhui Province, China, using univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: Between January 1 and December 31, 2008, 46.3% (4,823/10,425) of deliveries were via CS in the study population. After adjustment for other variables, pregnant women in the 25–29-year-old (odds ratio [OR] 1.41, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.24–1.61) and ≥30-year-old (OR 1.73, 95% CI 1.46–2.04) age groups were more likely to give birth by CS as compared to the 20–24-year-old age group. Other independent factors related to a higher risk of CS included nonagricultural occupation (OR 1.44, 95% CI 1.27–1.62), gestational hypertension (OR 5.22, 95% CI 3.93–6.93), breech presentation (OR 10.47, 95% CI 6.37–17.20), dystocia (OR 28.62, 95% CI 24.62–33.28), and preterm delivery (OR 1.28, 95% CI 1.06–1.54). CONCLUSION: Age, occupation, gestational hypertension, breech presentation, and dystocia may play an important role in the high level of CS among women in a Chinese rural population. Further comprehensive studies on both medical and nonmedical reasons for CS delivery are needed. |
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| Keywords: | cesarean section, China, risk factors | |||||||||||||||||||
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