Prediction of uterine dehiscence using ultrasonographic parameters of cesarean section scar in the nonpregnant uterus: a prospective observational study

Table 4 Correlation between the risk of dehiscence and the indicated variables

	deh	RMT	W	D	W/RMT	D/RMT	nCS	iCS	age1	GE1	GE2
deh	1.00 ^a	-0.29	0.16	0.48	0.33	0.60 ^b	0.04	0.02	0.35	0.02	-0.21
RMT	-0.29	1.00^a	-0.18	-0.27	-0.54^b	-0.56^b	-0.17	-0.23	-0.06	-0.23	-0.16
W	0.16	-0.18	1.00^a	0.67^b	0.84^a	0.51^b	0.12	-0.12	0.18	-0.06	-0.11
D	0.48	-0.27	0.67^b	1.00^a	0.60^b	0.80^a	0.18	-0.03	0.34	-0.03	-0.24
W/RMT	0.33	-0.54^b	0.84^a	0.60^b	1.00^a	0.75^a	0.25	0.00	0.22	0.01	-0.07
D/RMT	0.60 ^b	-0.56^b	0.51^b	0.80	0.75^a	1.00^a	0.27	0.00	0.33	0.05	-0.12
nCS	0.04	-0.17	0.12	0.18	0.25	0.27	1.00^a	0.08	0.05	-0.33	-0.17
iCS	0.02	-0.23	-0.12	-0.03	0.00	0.00	0.08	1.00^a	-0.17	-0.10	-0.09
age1	0.35	-0.06	0.18	0.34	0.22	0.33	0.05	-0.17	1.00^a	0.19	-0.06
GE1	0.02	-0.23	-0.06	-0.03	0.01	0.05	-0.33	-0.10	0.19	1.00^a	0.44
GE2	-0.21	-0.16	-0.11	-0.24	-0.07	-0.12	-0.17	-0.09	-0.06	0.44	1.00^a

^avery high correlation; ^bsignificant correlation. Deh: logic variable in which 1 = dehiscence, 0 = no dehiscence; RMT, residual myometrial thickness; W, scar width; D, scar depth; W/RMT, W/RMT ratio; D/RMT, D/RMT ratio; nCS, number of CS procedures; iCS, interval between first and second CS; age1, age of women at CS; GE1, gestational age at first CS; GE2, gestational age at second CS.

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