N (%) | Total | VD | CS | p Value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Delivery: | 9306 | 7010 (75.3%) | 2296 (24.7%) | |||
Elective CS | Emergency CS | |||||
1612 (17.3%) | 684 (29.8%) | |||||
Primary | Repeat | |||||
816 (35.5%) | 796 (34.7%) | |||||
<39 weeks | 486 (30.2%) | |||||
Maternal age (y) | 32.4+5.3 | 32.0±5.2* | 33.7±5.3 | 34.2±4.8 | 33.8±5.3 | 0.01 |
Gestational age (w) | 39.2±1.2 | 39.4±1.2 | 38.3±1‡ | 38.5+0.9‡ | 39.5±1.2 | <0.001 |
Birth weight (g) | 3344±436 | 3367±422 | 3146±490 | 3309±407 | 3377±480 | |
At discharge†: | ||||||
Formula | 826 (9) | 477 (6.8) | 107 (13.9) | 186 (23.3)§ | 56 (8.3) | <0.001 |
Complementary | 669 (7.3) | 542 (7.8) | 18 (2.3) | 41 (5.1) | 68 (10.1) | |
Breastfeeding | 7713 (83.7) | 5945 (85.4) | 647 (83.8) | 572 (71.6) | 549 (81.6) |
Data expressed as number, n (%), or mean±SD.
↵* Mothers in the vaginal delivery group were younger when compared with the elective primary caesarean group.
↵† Subtotals within categories may not equal the overall sample size because of 98 missing data.
↵‡ Gestational age of elective caesarean delivery groups was lower when compared with either vaginal delivery or emergency caesarean delivery groups.
↵§ Elective primary elective caesarean delivery showed the highest rates of formula feeding.
CS, caesarean section; VD, vaginal delivery.