Table 1.
Maternal Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics by Presence/Absence of Prepregnancy Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors at an Urban Safety-Net Hospital 2016–2018
| Maternal characteristics | Total (n = 3760) | Prepregnancy CVD risk factora |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| None (n = 2046) | Any (n = 1714) | ||
| Age in years, mean ± SD | 30.5 (5.71) | 30.1 (5.60) | 31.0 (5.80) |
| Age, years, n (%) | |||
| 18–24 | 595 (15.8) | 352 (17.2) | 243 (14.2) |
| 25–29 | 1023 (27.2) | 557 (27.2) | 466 (27.2) |
| 30–34 | 1189 (31.6) | 688 (33.6) | 501 (29.2) |
| ≥35 | 953 (25.3) | 449 (21.9) | 504 (29.4) |
| Race/Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 2071 (55.1) | 1130 (55.2) | 941 (54.9) |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 641 (17.0) | 273 (13.3) | 368 (21.5) |
| Hispanic | 650 (17.3) | 352 (17.2) | 298 (17.4) |
| Asian/Asian Indian | 147 (3.9) | 125 (6.1) | 22 (1.3) |
| None of the above/unknown | 251 (6.7) | 166 (8.1) | 85 (5.0) |
| Language, n (%) | |||
| English | 2670 (71.0) | 1298 (63.4) | 1372 (80.0) |
| Spanish | 337 (9.0) | 210 (10.3) | 127 (7.4) |
| Haitian Creole | 375 (10.0) | 246 (12.0) | 129 (7.5) |
| Cape Verdean/Portuguese Creole | 111 (3.0) | 83 (4.1) | 28 (1.6) |
| Other/unknown | 267 (7.1) | 209 (10.2) | 58 (3.4) |
| Birthplace, n (%) | |||
| US | 1635 (43.5) | 648 (31.7) | 987 (57.6) |
| Outside of US | 2110 (56.1) | 1389 (67.9) | 721 (42.1) |
| Unknown//missing | 15 (0.4) | 9 (0.4) | 6 (0.4) |
| Insurance, n (%) | |||
| Public | 2684 (71.4) | 1380 (67.4) | 1304 (76.1) |
| Private | 911 (24.2) | 566 (27.7) | 345 (20.1) |
| Other/none/unknown | 165 (4.4) | 100 (4.9) | 65 (3.8) |
| Parity including current, n (%) | |||
| 0 (Nulliparous) | 1546 (41.1) | 981 (47.9) | 565 (33.0) |
| 1 | 1154 (30.7) | 624 (30.5) | 530 (30.9) |
| 2 | 634 (16.9) | 288 (14.1) | 346 (20.2) |
| ≥3 | 426 (11.3) | 153 (7.5) | 273 (15.9) |
| Multiple gestation | 108 (2.9) | 57 (2.8) | 51 (3.0) |
| Caesarean delivery | 1457 (38.8) | 691 (33.8) | 766 (44.7) |
a
Defined by having ≥1 of the following: chronic hypertension, pregestational diabetes, pre-/early pregnancy obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2 at <20 weeks of gestation), current or prior tobacco use.
BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; SD, standard deviation.