Intergenerational predisposition to operative delivery.

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College School of Medicine
Department Pediatrics; Obstetrics & Gynecology
Creator Varner, Michael W.
Other Author Fraser, Alison M.; Hunter, Cheri Y.; Corneli, Patrice S.; Ward Ryk H.
Title Intergenerational predisposition to operative delivery.
Date 1996-06
Description OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of cesarean delivery for women who themselves were born via operative delivery. METHODS: A linked data base was constructed between the birth certificates of individuals born in Utah during 1947-1957 (parental cohort) and who subsequently became a parent of offspring born in Utah between 1970-1991 (offspring cohort). Parental cohort women (cases) who had been delivered operatively (cesarean delivery, mid- or high forceps) as well as women who had a sibling delivered by an operative procedure were matched (1:2) with parental-cohort women born by spontaneous vaginal delivery (controls). Both cases and controls were selected based on having a record of at least one delivery in Utah during 1970-1991. RESULTS: Women who were delivered by cesarean were at increased risk of subsequently delivering their children by cesarean (odds ratio [OR] 1.41, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.18-1.70; P < .001). Progressive risk was associated with parental delivery by mid- or high forceps (OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.20-2.47; P = .004), parental cesarean because of cephalopelvic disproportion alone (OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.16-2.88; P = .01), or parental cesarean for dysfunctional labor (OR 5.97, 95% CI 1.5-23.6; P < .001). The attributable risk for cesarean delivery to the contemporary population is 3.5%. CONCLUSION: An intergenerational predisposition to cesarean delivery exists.
Type Text
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Volume 87
Issue 6
First Page 905
Last Page 911
Subject Cesarean Section; Cohort Studies; Delivery, Obstetric; Obstetric Labor Complications
Subject MESH Cesarean Section; Delivery, Obstetric; Odds Ratio
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Varner MW, Fraser AM, Hunter CY, Corneli PS, Ward RH. The intergenerational predisposition to operative delivery. Obstet Gynecol. 1996 Jun;87(6):905-11. Retrieved on May 29th 2007 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Display&DB=pubmed
Rights Management Copyright © Wolters Kluwer, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 87, 905-11, 1999
Format Medium application/pdf
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rx9w9v
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