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Variable P OR 95% CI Birth weight (g) .003 1 1 to 1 Epidural .040 0.806 0.655 to 0.991 OVD .003 1.996 1.256 to 3.170 Black race .002 0.667 0.516 to 0.863 TMCLW location <.001 0.615 0.487 to 0.776 Total parity <.001 0.670 0.624 to 0.719 CI, confidential interval; OR, odd ratio; OVD, operative vaginal delivery; TMCLW, Truman Medical Center Lakewood.
Variable P OR 95% CI Birth weight .017 1 1 to 1 OVD <.001 3.484 2.346 to 5.174 Black race <.001 0.614 0.470 to 0.801 TMCLW location <.001 0.609 0.482 to 0.769 Total parity <.001 0.639 0.584 to 0.700 CI, confidential interval; OR, odd ratio; OVD, operative vaginal delivery; TMCLW, Truman Medical Center Lakewood.
Delivery Type Total SVD OVD Epidural No Count 501 40 541 Percentage 92.6 7.4 100.0% Yes Count 446 47 493 Percentage 90.5 9.5 100.0% Total Count 947 87 1034 Percentage 91.6% 8.4 100.0 OVD, operative vaginal delivery; SVD, Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery.
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill Truman Medical Center Lakewood Provider, type, % Obstetrics 100 6.3 Certified nurse midwife 1.9 Family medicine 91.8 Patient race Black 44.6 19.2 White 19.5 62.8 Other 35.8 17.8 Any vaginal laceration requiring sutures rate n 679 628 % 61.7 60.9 Severe (third-and fourth-degree) laceration rate n 44 23 % 4.0 2.2 Vaginal laceration association with epidural P Index for comparison <.001 OR 0.615 CI 0.487 to 0.776 OVD rate n 60 49 % 5.5 4.8 Epidural rate n 369 475 % 34.8 47.6 CI, confidential interval; OR, odd ratio; OVD, operative vaginal delivery.
