Table 1 Patient characteristics
Characteristic | Electric vacuum aspiration n = 90 | Manual vacuum aspiration n = 48 | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 33.4 (26.9–37.2) | 32.3 (27.7–36.1) | 0.98 |
Education | 0.87 | ||
High school or less | 11 (12.9) | 7 (14.6) | |
Some college | 17 (20.0) | 11 (22.9) | |
College degree or more | 57 (67.1) | 30 (62.5) | |
Race/ethnicity | 0.29 | ||
Caucasian | 44 (51.2) | 24 (52.2) | |
African American | 17 (19.8) | 15 (32.6) | |
Asian | 8 (9.3) | 1 (2.2) | |
Hispanic/Latina | 9 (10.5) | 4 (8.7) | |
Other | 8 (9.3) | 2 (4.4) | |
Gravidity | 0.45 | ||
1 | 28 (31.3) | 12 (25.0) | |
2 or more | 62 (68.9) | 36 (75.0) | |
Parity | 0.81 | ||
0 | 39 (43.8) | 20 (41.7) | |
1 or more | 50 (56.2) | 28 (58.3) | |
Vaginal parity | 0.20 | ||
0 | 15 (32.6) | 9 (32.1) | |
1 | 21 (45.7) | 8 (28.6) | |
2 or more | 10 (21.7) | 11 (39.3) | |
Attending of record | <0.001 | ||
Family planning | 35 (38.9) | 35 (72.9) | |
General Ob-Gyn | 55 (61.1) | 13 (27.1) | |