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Table 4 Indications for caesarean section

From: Risk factors and outcomes of fetal macrosomia in a tertiary centre in Tanzania: a case-control study

 

Macrosomia

Controls

Total N (%)

p-value

Fetal macrosomia

13 (20.6)

1 (1.9)

14 (12.3)

0.003

Fetal distress

11 (17.5)

11 (21.5)

22 (19.3)

0.7

Obstructed labor

22 (34.9)

12 (23.5)

34 (29.8)

0.3

Previous C/S scar

19 (30.2)

22 (43.1)

41 (35.9)

0.2

Uterine rupture

2 (3.2)

0

2 (1.7)

 

Cephalo-pelvic disproportion

6 (9.5)

5 (9.8)

11 (9.6)

0.07

Total

63 (55.3)

51 (44.7)

114 (100)