3. Results
The South Asian HSCs identified were Afghanistan and Bhutan; the
non-HSCs were Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and
Sri Lanka. The proportions of women from HSCs who required an interpreter,
were younger than 20 years, were multiparous, had a BMI of
at least 25.0, and had anemia were significantly higher than were the
proportions ofwomen fromnon-HSCs (P b 0.001 for all) (Table 1). However,
fewer women fromHSCs than non-HSCs had a spouse, had had a
previous cesarean, and had pre-existing diabetes (P ≤ 0.003 for all)
(Table 1).