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. 2024 Jun 29;60(7):1071. doi: 10.3390/medicina60071071

Table 2.

Pregnancy outcomes according to maternal risk factors.

Overall
(n = 1921)
Maternal Age Body Mass Index Smoker
Less Than 40 (n = 1776) 40 or More (n = 145) <18
(n = 29)
18 to 35
(n = 1802)
≥35
(n = 90)
No
(n = 1647)
Yes
(n = 274)
Neonatal outcome, n (%)
Live birth 1916 (99.7%) 1771 (99.7%) 145 (100%) 29 (100%) 1797 (99.7%) 90 (100%) 1643 (99.8%) 273 (99.6%)
Neonatal death 2 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) 0 0 2 (0.1%) 0 2 (0.1%) 0
Stillbirth 3 (0.2%) 3 (0.2%) 0 0 3 (0.2%) 0 2 (0.1%) 1 (0.4%)
Gestational age at birth in weeks, median (IQR) 39.0 39.0 39.0 39.0 39.0 39.0 39.0 39.0
(38.0, 40.0) (38.0, 40.0) (38.0, 40.0) (38.0, 40.0) (38.0, 40.0) (38.0, 40.0) (38.0, 40.0) (38.0, 40.0)
Preterm birth n (%) 118 (6.1%) 108 (6.1%) 10 (6.9%) 4 (13.8%) 108 (6.0%) 6 (6.7%) 104 (6.3%) 14 (5.1%)
Labor onset n (%)
Spontaneous 967 (50.3%) 899 (50.6%) 68 (46.9%) 11 (37.9%) 927 (51.4%) 29 (32.2%) 840 (51.0%) 127 (46.4%)
Induced 817 (42.5%) 753 (42.4%) 64 (44.1%) 14 (48.3%) 749 (41.6%) 54 (60.0%) 684 (41.5%) 133 (48.5%)
No labour 137 (7.1%) 124 (7.0%) 13 (9.0%) 4 (13.8%) 126 (7%) 7 (7.8%) 123 (7.5%) 14 (5.1%)
Mode of delivery n (%)
Elective cesarean section 93 (4.8%) 84 (4.7%) 9 (6.2%) 3 (10.3%) 84 (4.7%) 6 (6.7%) 83 (5.0%) 10 (3.6%)
Emergency cesarean section 288 (15.0%) 261 (14.7%) 27 (18.6%) 1 (3.4%) 265 (14.7%) 22 (24.4%) 244 (14.8%) 44 (16.1%)
Instrumental 326 (17.0%) 304 (17.1%) 22 (15.2%) 4 (13.8%) 311 (17.3%) 11 (12.2%) 278 (16.9%) 48 (17.5%)
Vaginal 1214 (63.2%) 1127 (63.5%) 87 (60.0%) 21 (72.4%) 1142 (63.4%) 51 (56.7%) 1042 (63.3%) 172 (62.8%)
Birth weight in grams, 3200 3200 3200 3030 3200 3500 3210 3080
median (IQR) (2900, 3500) (2910, 3500) (2790, 3510) (2600, 3220) (2900, 3500) (3220, 3770) (2920, 3520) (2760, 3360)
Birth weight percentile 31.5 31.7 29.8 15.9 31.5 61.9 33.7 20.5
Median (IQR) (12.6, 59.0) (12.9, 58.8) (9.75, 59.8) (2.85, 45.6) (12.6, 58.8) (30.2, 79.1) (14.0, 61.0) (6.72, 42.1)
Birth weight <10th percentile, n (%) 413 (21.5%) 375 (21.1%) 38 (26.2%) 14 (48.3%) 385 (21.4%) 14 (15.6%) 326 (19.8%) 87 (31.8%)
Birth weight <3rd percentile, n (%) 186 (9.7%) 170 (9.6%) 16 (11.0%) 9 (31.0%) 174 (9.7%) 3 (3.3%) 143 (8.7%) 43 (15.7%)
Birth weight >95th percentile, n (%) 38 (2.0%) 34 (1.9%) 4 (2.8%) 0 (0%) 31 (1.7%) 7 (7.8%) 37 (2.2%) 1 (0.4%)
Developed preeclampsia n(%) 82 (4.3%) 69 (3.9%) 13 (9.0%) 1 (3.4%) 73(4.1%) 8 (8.9%) 73 (4.4%) 9 (3.3%)
Developed pregnancy hypertension n (%) 43 (2.2%) 38 (2.1%) 5 (3.4%) 0 36 (2.0%) 7 (7.8%) 36 (2.2%) 7 (2.6%)
Developed gestational diabetes n (%) 455 (23.7%) 406 (22.9%) 49 (33.8%) 3 (10.3%) 408 (22.6%) 44 (48.9%) 386 (23.4%) 69 (25.2%)

Results are expressed as the median (interquartile rage, IQR) and n and percentage (%) as required.