Table 2.
Demographic data of the studied population
| Total (n = 70) | Incidence of preterm birth | Test of significance | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 22) | No (n = 48) | |||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 26.03 ± 4.43 | 26.27 ± 4.81 | 25.92 ± 4.29 | t = 0.310 | 0.757 (NS) | |||
| BMI (Kg/m2) | ||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 27.38 ± 3.52 | 27.40 ± 3.43 | 27.37 ± 3.60 | t = 0.032 | 0.975 (NS) | |||
| Parity | ||||||||
| Min – Max | 1.0 – 5.0 | 1.0 – 5.0 | 1.0 – 4.0 | U = 502.0 | 0.724 (NS) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 2.0 (1.0 – 2.0) | 2.0 (1.0 – 2.0) | 2.0 (1.0 – 2.0) | |||||
| Past CS | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
| No | 45 | 64.3 | 13 | 59.1 | 32 | 66.7 | χ2 = 0.377 | 0.539 (NS) |
| Yes | 25 | 35.7 | 9 | 40.9 | 16 | 33.3 | ||
| Pre-delivery Hemoglobin | ||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 11.27 ± 0.92 | 11.34 ± 0.85 | 11.24 ± 0.96 | t = 0.398 | 0.692 (NS) | |||
SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range, t Student t-test, U Mann Whitney test, χ2 Chi square test, NS Non-significant, p p value