Table 2 Maternal pathologies and pregnancy outcomes observed amongst births with complete infant anthropometry, which were recorded in the S.S. Annunziata Hospital in Chieti in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013. Gestational age and birthweight data are means ± standard deviations; other data are n (% out of total cohort)
1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | Overall | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 95 | 54 | 739 | 1493 | 1411 | 3792 | |
Maternal pathologies | Type 1 diabetes | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.3 %) | 2 (0.1 %) | 6 (0.4 %) | 10 (0.3 %) |
Type 2 diabetes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1 %) | 1 (0.03 %) | |
Gestational diabetes | 0 | 1 (1.9 %) | 32 (4.3 %) | 53 (3.6 %) | 91 (6.5 %) | 177 (4.7 %) | |
Hypertension | 4 (4.2 %) | 2 (3.7 %) | 45 (6.1 %) | 69 (4.6 %) | 39 (2.8 %) | 159 (4.2 %) | |
Pregnancy outcomes | Gestational age (weeks) | 39.2 ± 1.0 | 38.9 ± 1.3 | 38.6 ± 1.9 | 38.5 ± 2.0 | 38.7 ± 2.1 | 38.6 ± 2.0 |
Birthweight (kg) | 3.33 ± 0.42 | 3.32 ± 0.48 | 3.19 ± 0.52 | 3.18 ± 0.55 | 3.21 ± 0.54 | 3.20 ± 0.54 | |
Preterm | 2 (2.1 %) | 3 (5.7 %) | 81 (11.0 %) | 216 (14.5 %) | 158 (11.2 %) | 460 (12.1 %) | |
Multiple birth | 2 (2.1 %) | 2 (3.7 %) | 20 (2.7 %) | 89 (6.0 %) | 77 (5.5 %) | 190 (5.0 %) | |
Sex (male) | 48 (50.5 %) | 31 (57.4 %) | 386 (52.3 %) | 744 (49.9 %) | 722 (51.2 %) | 1931 (51.0 %) |