Women with known auto-immune disease, a pre-labour Caesarean section, induction of labour, breech presentation or preterm delivery were excluded.
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In labour caesarean section viii.
Maternal outcomes included: preeclampsia, induction of labour, caesarean section and vaginal birth.
We repeated multivariate analyses with the excluded variables infant sex, maternal morbidity during pregnancy, induction of labour, caesarean section, and neighbourhood deprivation.
The three delivery outcomes (induction of labour, caesarean section and assistance during labour) were either borderline or significantly different between the two groups, with Pakistani gravidas displaying lower prevalence of all three.
There is potential for any intervention during pregnancy to interfere with the normal processes and initiate a 'cascade of medical interventions' 58, such as induction of labour, caesarean section and artificial infant feeding 23, 35, 59.
Although we based our covariate adjustment on theoretical considerations, we also fitted the models with the excluded variables maternal morbidity during pregnancy, induction of labour, caesarean section, neighbourhood deprivation, and infant sex, but the results of Table 3 remained unaffected.
1 Aggregate data from routine population-based sources were requested on number of births by gestational age (in completed weeks), by multiplicity, mode of delivery (vaginal or caesarean), and mode of onset of labour (caesarean section before labour, induction, or spontaneous), in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.
