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Table 2 Characteristics of women with PAS Grade 3 in the UK, France, and Italy

From: Management and outcomes of women with placenta accreta spectrum grade 3: an INOSS multicountry multiperiod population-based study

  

UK

n (%)

n = 39

France n (%)

n = 51

Italy

n (%)

n = 34

P

Age (years) (median, IQR)*

 

35 [33–38]

35 [32–40]

35 [32–39]

 
 

≥ 35

24 (62)

24 (47)

18 (53)

0.39

BMI (kg/m²) (median, IQR)

 

26 [22–30]

26 [22–30]

25 [22–28]

 
 

≥ 30

9 (24)

14 (29)

5 (15)

0.34

 

Missing

1

2

0

 

Migrant or minoritized ethnic background

 

9 (23)

19 (39)

2 (6)

-

Missing

 

0

4

3

 

Parity*

0

1 (3)

1 (2)

2 (6)

 
 

1

9 (23)

10 (20)

9 (26)

0.77

 

≥ 2

29 (74)

40 (78)

23 (68)

 

Prior PPH*

 

5 (13)

8 (16)

1 (3)

0.18

Number of previous cesareans*

0

2 (5)

3 (6)

2 (6)

 
 

1

15 (39)

21 (41)

12 (35)

 
 

2

9 (23)

12 (24)

13 (38)

0.77

 

≥ 3

13 (33)

15 (29)

7 (21)

 

Prior uterine surgery (CD excluded)*

 

6 (15)

16 (32)

17 (50)

< 0.01

Prior uterine surgery (CD included)*

 

38 (97)

49 (96)

33 (97)

0.93

In Vitro Fertilization

 

1 (3)

1 (2)

1 (3)

0.54

Multiple pregnancy*

 

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3)

0.26

Gestational hypertensive disorders

 

0 (0)

1 (2)

2 (6)

0.52

Preterm premature rupture of membranes

 

1 (3)

4 (8)

0 (0)

0.23

Placenta location prior to delivery

Normal

9 (23)

4 (8)

3 (10)

 

Low-lying

 

2 (5)

6 (13)

0 (0)

0.05

 

Previa

28 (72)

38 (79)

28 (90)

 
 

Missing

0

3

3

 
  1. Data are reported as numbers (percentages) unless otherwise stated
  2. IQR: interquartile range, BMI: body mass index, PPH: post-partum hemorrhage, CD: cesarean delivery
  3. *: no missing data for any country; †: non-White for UK, non-French nationality for France, non-Italian place of birth for Italy
  4. ‡: including myomectomy, cavity breach, dilation and curettage, previous surgical termination of pregnancy, and evacuation of retained products of conception