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Table 1 General characteristics between participants with different delivery modes

From: The associated factors of cesarean section during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in nine cities of China

 

Vaginal

Cesarean

P

Age (years)

 ≤ 30

290 (68.2)

135 (53.4)

< 0.001

 > 30

135 (31.8)

118 (46.6)

 

Education level

 Middle school and below

110 (25.9)

84 (33.2)

0.051

 College and above

315 (74.1)

169 (66.8)

 

Incomea

 < 5000

107 (27.2)

80 (34.2)

0.150

 5000 to < 10,000

132 (33.6)

76 (32.5)

 

 ≥ 10000

154 (39.2)

78 (33.3)

 

Exercise frequency (times per week)

 ≤ 1

74 (17.4)

44 (17.4)

0.931

 2–3

114 (26.8)

69 (27.3)

 

 4–6

56 (13.2)

29 (11.5)

 

7

181 (42.6)

111 (43.9)

 

Pre-gestational BMI (kg/m2)

20.8 ± 2.8

22.3 ± 3.5

< 0.001

Number of COVID-19 cases in the resident region

 ≤ 500

249 (58.6)

92 (36.4)

< 0.001

 > 500

176 (41.4)

161 (63.6)

 

Degree of concerns on COVID-19

6.1 ± 2.6

6.0 ± 2.8

0.739

  1. Continuous variables were presented as mean ± SD and compared with Student’s t tests. Categorical variables were presented as proportions and compared with Chi-squared tests