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Table 1 Adverse neonatal outcomes of CS amongst the 4941 neonates

From: Cesarean sections in a secondary level care hospital of Cameroon: an analysis of their six-year trends and adverse neonatal outcomes

Complications

CS

VD + IVD

Odds ratio

95% CI

p value

N

(%)

N

(%)

APGAR <7 (1st min)

 Yes

572

56.7

654

16.6

6.6

5.7–7.7

<0.01

 No

434

43.1

3281

83.4

1.0

  

Stillbirth

 Yes

43

4.3

131

3.3

1.3

0.9–1.8

0.09

 No

963

95.7

3804

96.7

1.0

  
  1. CS caesarean section, IVD instrumental vaginal delivery, VD vaginal delivery