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. 2008 Nov 3;337:a2332. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2332

Table 1.

 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 2635 pregnant women and their babies, according to pregnancy outcome. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise

Pregnancy outcome
Fetal growth restriction (n=343) Appropriate fetal growth (n=2292) Total (n=2635)
Maternal characteristics
Mean (SD) age (years) 30.0 (6.6) 29.8 (6.5) 30 (6.6)
Mean (SD) weight before pregnancy (kg) 66.7 (13.2) 66.8 (12.6) 66.8 (13.1)
Mean (SD) body mass index before pregnancy (kg/m2) 24.5 (4.5) 24.5 (4.6) 24.5 (4.5)
Primiparous 186 (55) 1042 (46) 1228 (47)
Preterm labour 29 (8) 77 (3) 106 (4)
Gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia 25 (7) 42 (2) 67 (3)
Stillbirth 3 (0.9) 6 (0.3) 9 (0.3)
Late miscarriage 3 (0.9) 16 (0.7) 19 (0.7)
Neonatal characteristics
Mean (SD) gestational age at delivery (weeks) 40 (3) 40 (2) 40 (2)
Mean (SD) birth weight (g) 2750 (520) 3560 (470) 3450 (550)
Male 172 (50) 1152 (52) 1324 (51)