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Table 3 Evolution of the indications of induction rates according to the Grenoble classification

From: Does induction of labor without a medical indication explain the overall increase in the induction rate: an observational study before and after the ARRIVE trial

Group of the Grenoble classification

2014–2017

2018–2021

ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE

95% CI

P value

RELATIVE DIFFERENCE

95% CI

N

%

N

%

%

  

%

 

Group 1: Multiple pregnancies

281

1.4

318

1.6

+ 0.2

[0.1 ; 0.3]

0.03

+ 13.0

[7.3 ; 19.2]

Group 2: Single breech pregnancy

36

0.2

62

0.3

+ 0.1

[0.1 ; 0.2]

0.01

+ 66.7

[49.0 ; 83.0]

Group 3: Preterm single cephalic pregnancy (term less than 37 weeks gestation)

241

1.2

280

1.4

+ 0.2

[0.1 ; 0.3]

0.01

+ 16.1

[8.0 ; 28.0]

Group 4: Single cephalic pregnancy with prelabor rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks gestation and above)

862

4.2

1087

5.3

+ 1.11

[0.9 ; 1.3]

< 0.01

+ 26.3

[9.0 ; 43.0]

Group 5: Single cephalic pregnancy, late term and post term (41 weeks gestation and over), intact membranes

1196

5.9

1329

6.5

+ 0.7

[0.5 ; 0.8]

< 0.01

+ 11.4

[5.0 ; 13.2]

Group 6: Single cephalic pregnancy, term between 37 and 40 weeks, 6 days with maternal pathology indicating induction, intact membranes

909

4.5

1039

5.1

+ 0.7

[0.4 ; 0.9]

< 0.01

+ 14.6

[10.3 ; 21.0]

Group 7: Single cephalic pregnancy, term between 37 and 40weeks, 6days with fetal pathology indicating induction, intact membranes

319

1.6

560

2.8

+ 1.2

[0.9 ; 1.4]

< 0.01

+ 75.5

[61.2 ; 90.1]

Group 8: Single cephalic pregnancy, term between 37 and 40 weeks, 6 days, induced without medical indication, intact membranes

274

1.3

314

1.5

+ 0.2

[0.1 ; 0.3]

< 0.01

+ 14.9

[6.0 ; 21.0]

Total of induction rates

4313

21.1

5210

25.5

+ 4.4

[4.0 ; 4.8]

< 0.01

+ 20.9

[15.5 ; 25.0]

  1. The percentages are calculated by dividing the effectives of each group by the total of deliveries in a category: n = 20 427 for the 2014–2017 category and n = 20 399 for the 2018–2021 category