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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Jan 20;5(4):100874. doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.100874

Table 2.

Neonatal Characteristics by Maternal BMI

Reference (REF) Obese (OB) Morbidly Obese (MO) Super Morbidly Obese (SMO) P value for trend*
N=26,081 N=21,704 N=3,787 N=590
GA at delivery (wks) 39.1 (38.3-40.0) 39.3 (38.6-40.1) 39.1 (38.1-40.1) 39.1 (38.0-40.0) <.001
GA < 37 wks 3062 (11.7) 1889 (8.7) 458 (12.1) 73 (12.4) <.001
GA < 32 wks 649 (2.5) 291 (1.3) 101 (2.7) 14 (2.4) <.001
GA < 28 wks 242 (0.9) 99 (0.5) 42 (1.1) 7 (1.2) 0.03
BW (gm) 3212 (2887-3522) 3390 (3064-3721) 3430 (3058-3785) 3445 (3055-3850) <.001
BW > 4000 gm 1190 (4.6) 2290 (10.6) 521 (13.8) 96 (16.3) <.001
NICU admit 3331 (12.8) 2624 (12.1) 592 (15.6) 94 (15.9) 0.008
LOS > 5 days 2146 (8.2) 1420 (6.6) 363 (9.6) 55 (9.4) 0.14
Anomaly 731 (2.8) 628 (2.9) 140 (3.7) 18 (3.1) 0.02

Data presented are n (%) or Median (IQR)

*

Jonckheere-Terpstra test for continuous variables and Cochran-Armitage test for categorical variables

GA = gestational age, wks = weeks, BW = birth weight, gm = grams, NICU = neonatal intensive care unit, LOS = length of stay

Missing: Birthweight (7); NICU admission (11); length of stay (61); anomaly (3)