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Table 4 Maternal Outcomes, According to Study Group

From: Maternal and infant outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study in Guangzhou, China

Outcomes

24 January – 31 March 2020

(n = 589)

24 January – 31 March 2019

(n = 733)

P Value

Method of delivery — no./total no. (%)

Vaginal birth

Spontaneous

404/589 (68.59)

442/733 (60.30)

0.002**

Instrument-assisted

15/589 (2.55)

51/733 (6.96)

 < 0.001***

Cesarean section

170/589 (28.86)

240/733 (32.74)

0.13

Placental abruption

9/589(1.53)

10/733(1.36)

0.80

Fetal distress

46/589(7.81)

68/733(9.28)

0.34

Precipitate labour

4/589(0.68)

3/733(0.41)

0.71

PROM

158/589(26.83)

186/733(25.38)

0.55

Perineal laceration

336/419(87.35)

337/493(68.36)

 < 0.001***

PPH

25/589(4.24)

43/733(5.87)

0.18

24 h (Mean ± SD)—ml

351.97 ± 193.18(n = 589)

367.15 ± 161.53(n = 732)

0.001**

  1. Differences between the groups were compared with the Mann–Whitney U test, and the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. PPH: postpartum hemorrhage, PROM: premature rupture of membrane