Table 4

Planned mode of delivery: prevalence and unadjusted ORs with 95% CIs for various adverse outcomes among singletons born at term, without congenital anomalies according to planned mode of delivery

Number of infants with adverse outcomeTotal number of infants*Prevalence per 1000 (CI)OR (CI)
NNM*
 Cephalic
  Planned vaginal delivery198474 2230.4 (0.4 to 0.5)1.0 (Reference)
  Planned caesarean delivery2728 3301.0 (0.7 to 1.4)2.3 (1.5 to 3.4)
 Breech
  Planned vaginal delivery87 8731.0 (0.5 to 2.0)2.4 (1.2 to 4.9)
  Planned caesarean delivery68 7800.7 (0.3 to 1.5)1.6 (0.7 to 3.7)
CP†
 Cephalic
  Planned vaginal delivery453474 1981.0 (0.9 to 1.1)1.0 (Reference)
  Planned caesarean delivery4528 3261.6 (1.2 to 2.1)1.7 (1.2 to 2.3)
 Breech
  Planned vaginal delivery107 8721.3 (0.7 to 2.3)1.3 (0.7 to 2.5)
  Planned caesarean delivery128 7781.4 (0.8 to 2.4)1.4 (0.8 to 2.5)
Composite outcome‡
 Cephalic
  Planned vaginal delivery705474 2521.5 (1.4 to 1.6)1.0 (Reference)
  Planned caesarean delivery7928 3332.8 (2.2 to 3.5)1.9 (1.5 to 2.4)
 Breech
  Planned vaginal delivery247 8783.0 (2.1 to 4.5)2.1 (1.4 to 3.1)
  Planned caesarean delivery198 7792.2 (1.4 to 3.4)1.5 (0.9 to 2.3)

  • *Removed stillbirths from the denominator in the analyses of NNM and CP.

  • † Removed postneonatal CP from the denominator in the analyses of CP as outcome.

  • ‡Comprising intrapartum death, NNM and CP.

  • NNM, neonatal mortality; CP, cerebral palsy.