The impact of non-significant variable decelerations appearing in the latent phase on delivery mode: a prospective cohort study

Table 2 Number and prevalence of cesarean and vacuum delivery by group

	Number (%)	OR	95% CI	p
Cesarean or vacuum				0.0001
Category I	13 (5.2%)	1.00	Reference
Category II-NSV	20 (10.8%)	2.21	1.07-4.56	0.03
Category II-SV	36 (47.4%)	16.48	8.04-33.76	0.001
Cesarean				0.0001
Category I	7 (2.8%)	1.00	---------
Category II-NSV	12 (6.5%)	2.25	0.80-6.87	0.1
Category II-SV	25 (32.9%)	17.09	6.65-48.78	0.0001
Vacuum
Category I	6 (2.4%)	1.00	---------
Category II-NSV	8 (4.3%)	1.84	0.55-6.53	0.3
Category II-SV	11 (14.5%)	6.91	2.23-23.47	0.0001

Abbreviations: OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; NSV: non-significant variable decelerations; SV: significant variable decelerations.

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