Table 1 Demographic characteristic of mother-neonate pairs
From: The transition from intra to extra-uterine life in late preterm infant: a single-center study
Characteristics | Gestational Age (Weeks+ days of gestation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 276) | 340/7 (n = 62) | 350/7 (n = 77) | 360/7 (n = 137) | P* | |
Mothers | |||||
Maternal age, years mean±SD (range) | 34±6 (16–52) | 35±7 (23–44) | 34±6 (23–52) | 33±6 (16–46) | 0.75 |
Immigrant mothers, n (%) | 75 (27.2) | 17 (27.4) | 19 (24.7) | 39 (28.5) | 0.83 |
Primiparous, n (%) | 97 (35.1) | 22 (45.5) | 29 (37.7) | 46 (33.6) | 0.83 |
Singleton gestation, n (%) | 227(82.7) | 40 (64.5) | 63 (81.8) | 124 (90.5) | 0.36 |
Pre-existing medical conditions, n (%) | 28 (10.1) | 5 (8.1) | 12 (15.6) | 11 (8.1) | 0.17 |
Pregnancy complications, n (%) | 72 (26.1) | 28 (45.2) | 15 (19.5) | 29 (21.6) | <0.001 |
Diabetes, n (%) | 29 (10.5) | 5 (8.1) | 7 (9.1) | 17 (12.4) | 0.58 |
Preeclampsia, n (%) | 13 (4.7) | 9 (14.5) | 2 (2.6) | 2 (1.4) | <0.001 |
Gestational hypertension, n (%) | 9 (3.2) | 2 (3.2) | 3 (3.9) | 4 (2.9) | 0.9 |
Intrahepatic cholestasis, n (%) | 14 (5.1) | 8 (12.9) | 2 (2.6) | 4 (2.9) | 0.006 |
IUGR, n (%) | 7 (2,5) | 4 (6.4) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (1.5) | 0.08 |
Antenatal Steroid, n (%) | 94 (34.1) | 35 (56.4) | 26 (33.7) | 33 (24.0) | <0.001 |
Delivery | |||||
PROM, n (%) | 76 (27.5) | 9 (14.5) | 24 (31.2) | 43 (31.4) | 0.03 |
Labour, n (%) | 128 (59.1) | 26 (41.9) | 46 (59.7) | 91 (66.4) | 0.005 |
Vaginal delivery, n (%) | 86 (31.2) | 13 (20.9) | 24 (31.2) | 49 (35.7) | 0.11 |
PROM & Vaginal delivery, n (%) | 34 (12.3) | 2 (15.4) | 10 (41.6) | 22 (44.9) | 0.03 |
C-section n (%) | 190 (68.8) | 49 (79.1) | 53 (68.8) | 88 (59.1) | 0.17 |
C-section indications | |||||
Maternal, n (%) | 36 (18.9) | 11 (22.4) | 14 (26.4) | 11 (12.5) | 0.04 |
Placental, n (%) | 51 (26.8) | 13 (26.5) | 15 (28.3) | 23 (26.3) | 0.7 |
Fetal, n (%) | 87 (45.7) | 24 (48.9) | 21 (39.6) | 42 (47.7) | 0.33 |
Obstetrician, n (%) | 16 (8.4) | 1 (2.0) | 3 (5.6) | 12 (13.6) | 0.09 |
CS without labour of all CS, n% | 113 (59.5) | 36 (73.5) | 31 (58.5) | 46 (52,3) | 0.05 |
Neonates | |||||
Birth Weight, g mean±SD (range) | 2463±458 (1180–3980) | 2164±424 (1200–2750) | 2383±404 (1400–3215) | 2644±419 (1180–3890) | <0.001 |
Male, n(%) | 145 (52.5) | 27 (43.5) | 37 (48.1) | 81 (59.1) | 0.08 |
SGA, n(%) | 49 (17.7) | 15 (24.2) | 13 (16.9) | 21 (15.3) | 0.31 |
Malformations, n(%) | 29 (10.5) | 9 (14.5) | 7 (9.1) | 13 (9.5) | 0.51 |