Fig 1.
Study cohort flow chart.
Table 1.
Maternal and delivery characteristics in singleton births at 38 gestational weeks and onward with birthweight for gestational age above the 90th percentile in primiparous women, Sweden, 1992–2013.
Fig 2.
Study comparison groups: Women with LGA infants who underwent induction of labor at one given weeks of gestation were compared to women who similarly had LGA and delivered at a later gestation (at 39, 40, 41, or 42 weeks and beyond), by either spontaneous labor or induction of labor.
Fig 2 A. Women with LGA infants who underwent induction of labor at 38 weeks compared to women who delivered at 39, 40, 41, or 42 weeks and beyond. Fig 2 B. Women with LGA infants who underwent induction of labor at 39 weeks compared to women who delivered at 40, 41, or 42 weeks and beyond. Fig 2 C. Women with LGA infants who underwent induction of labor at 40 weeks compared to women who delivered at 41 or 42 weeks and beyond. Fig 2 D. Women with LGA infants who underwent induction of labor at 41 weeks compared to women who delivered at 42 weeks and beyond.
Table 2.
Risk of cesarean delivery associated with induction of labor at a given gestational age, compared to expectant management with delivery at a later gestation, among pregnancies with large-for-gestational-age infants (90th centile and greater).
Table 3.
Risk of instrumental vaginal delivery and obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASIS) in pregnancies with large for gestational age infants depending on management with induction at 38 to 41 completed gestational weeks or expectant management with labor at next gestational week or later.
Table 4.
Risk of five-minute Apgar score less than seven and birth injury among pregnancies with large for gestational age infants depending on management with induction at 38 to 41 completed gestational weeks or expectant management with labor at next gestational week or later.