Table 1.
Background characteristics of women with singleton pregnancies (N = 581,844) and by maternal country of birth groupsa,b.
Fig 1.
Frequency of caesarean sections (CS) total, elective CS and emergency CS for specified maternal height categories.
Table 2.
Maternal height distribution, rates1,2 of caesarean section (CS) in relation to maternal height categories (N = 570,445) and country of birth.
Fig 2.
Frequencies of underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity in relation to specified maternal heights categories.
Table 3.
Body mass index (BMI) mean values in relation to maternal height and country of birth.
Table 4.
Rates of CS in relation to BMI-class for each maternal height category.
Fig 3.
Probability of caesarean section in relation to maternal height (cm) estimated by a linear and a non-linear model.
Crude proportions are plotted in the figure (unfilled circles).
Table 5.
Crude odds ratios (COR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for caesarean section (CS) in relation to vaginal delivery in logistic regression analyses for specified categories.
Table 6.
Singleton birth weight (grams; g) in relation to maternal height for all women, for women born in Sweden (S) and for women born outside Sweden (OS) for specified outcomes.
Adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval for risk of caesarean section1 (CS).
Fig 4.
Predicted probability of CS for the panels of specific age in years (20, 30, 40), specific BMI (20, 25, 30), birth weight less than 4500 g or 4500 g or more, and parity represented by the categories primiparity and multiparity.
Fig 5.
Predicted probability of CS for the panels of specific age in years (20, 30, 40), specific BMI (20, 25, 30), birth weight less than 4500 g or 4500 g or more, and country of birth represented by the categories born in Sweden and born outside Sweden.
Table 7.
Univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses, with crude odds ratios (COR) and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for caesarean section in relation to vaginal delivery for specified explanatory variables.