Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the 195 USA callers.
| NVP/NVP and safety (n = 167) | Safety of medications (n = 28) | ||||
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| Gestational age (gestational weeks) | Average | 9.08 | 9.64 | ||
| St. Dev. | 3.67 | 3.94 | |||
| Min | 4.00 | 5.00 | |||
| Max | 27.50 | 20.00 | |||
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| Maternal age (years) | Average | 31.69 | 32.30 | ||
| St. Dev. | 5.98 | 5.88 | |||
| Min | 18.20 | 18.00 | |||
| Max | 45.00 | 40.00 | |||
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| Maternal weight (lb) | Average | 140.15 | 142.38 | ||
| St. Dev. | 29.01 | 30.01 | |||
| Min | 94.00 | 104.00 | |||
| Max | 305.00 | 226.00 | |||
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| Ethnicity | Black | 10 | 6.0% | — | |
| Caucasian | 38 | 22.8% | — | ||
| Hispanic | 8 | 4.8% | — | ||
| Asian | 1 | 0.6% | — | ||
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| Education | High school | 13 | 7.8% | — | |
| College | 5 | 3.0% | — | ||
| University | 12 | 7.2% | — | ||
| Postgraduate | 14 | 8.4% | — | ||
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| Marital status | Single | 5 | 3.0% | — | |
| Living with partner | 6 | 3.6% | — | ||
| Married | 66 | 39.5% | — | ||
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| Employment status | Unemployed | 3 | 1.8% | — | |
| Homemaker | 25 | 15.0% | — | ||
| Employed | 39 | 23.4% | — | ||
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| Gravidity (number of pregnancies) | Gravidity 1 | 42 | 25.1% | 8 | 28.6% |
| Gravidity 2 | 52 | 31.1% | 7 | 25.0% | |
| Gravidity 3 | 28 | 16.8% | 8 | 28.6% | |
| Gravidity 4 | 23 | 13.8% | 2 | 7.1% | |
| Gravidity ≥ 5 | 21 | 12.6% | 2 | 7.1% | |
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| Parity (number) | Parity 0 | 48 | 28.7% | 9 | 32.1% |
| Parity 1 | 72 | 43.1% | 11 | 39.3% | |
| Parity 2 | 29 | 17.4% | 4 | 14.3% | |
| Parity 3 | 8 | 4.8% | 2 | 7.1% | |
| Parity 4 | 4 | 2.4% | 1 | 3.6% | |
| Parity ≥ 5 | 5 | 3.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |