Maternal height associated with cesarean section. A cross-sectional study using the 2014-2015 national maternal-child health survey in Guatemala.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic status is associated with cesarean section (CS). Maternal height, however, may be another related factor to CS. In Guatemala, a quarter of women between 15 and 49 years of age are shorter than 145 cm. Therefore, this study aims to examine the association of maternal height with cesarean section in Guatemala.

Methods

We carried out a secondary analysis study using data from the 2014-15 Guatemalan national maternal and child health survey-9542 mothers aged 15-49 and 12,426 live births were analyzed. We obtained the prevalence ratio of the association between maternal height and CS based on three Poisson regression models. One model included all live births, another the first live birth, and a third model the last live birth. For each model, we accounte

SUBMITTER: Roldan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7393904 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature