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. 2023 Mar 21;16(1):52–60. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihad018

Table 2.

Neonatal characteristics of mistimed, unwanted and planned pregnancies

Unwanted Mistimed Planned
n=75 n=124 n=107
Neonatal characteristics n (%) n (%) n (%) p
Sex
 Woman 34 (45.3) 62 (50.0) 41 (38.3) 0.332
 Man 41 (54.7) 62 (50.0) 66 (61.7)
Birth weight
 Low weight 5 (6.7) 6 (4.8) 4 (3.7) 0.353
 Insufficient weight 10 (13.3) 20 (16.1) 8 (7.5)
 Adequate weight 48 (64.0) 84 (67.7) 76 (71.0)
 Macrosomia 12 (16.0) 14 (11.3) 19 (17.8)
Gestational age
 Preterm 8 (10.7) 9 (7.3) 5 (4.7) 0.305
 Term 67 (89.3) 115 (92.7) 102 (95.3)
 Post-term 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Birth weight for gestational age
 Small for gestational age 1 (1.3) 5 (4.0) 4 (3.7) 0.451
 Adequate for gestational age 64 (85.3) 107 (86.3) 85 (79.4)
 Large for gestational age 10 (13.3) 12 (9.7) 18 (16.8)
1-min Apgar score
 <7 2 (2.7) 4 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 0.165
 7 to 10 73 (97.3) 120 (96.8) 107 (100.0)
5-min Apgar score
 <7 2 (2.7) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 0.257
 7 to 10 73 (97.3) 123 (99.2) 107 (100.0)
Neonatal morbidity
 Yes 21 (28.0) 44 (35.5) 32 (29.9) 0.484
 No 54 (72.0) 80 (64.5) 75 (70.1)
Neonatal pathology
 Hyperbilirubinemia 4 (5.3) 21 (16.9) 13 (12.1) 0.055
 Sepsis 3 (4.0) 5 (4.0) 2 (1.9) 0.608
 Hypoglycemia 2 (2.7) 2 (1.6) 1 (0.9) 0.735
 Respiratory distress syndrome 1 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 2 (1.9) 0.347
 Congenital malformation 0 (0.0) 3 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 0.185
 Asphyxia 1 (1.3) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 0.716
Neonatal mortality
 Yes 2 (2.7) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 0.257
 No 73 (97.3) 123 (99.2) 106 (100.0)