Table 6.
Outcomes of pregnancy in teenage and mature mothers
| Teenage mothers
|
Mature mothers
|
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Birth weight | |||||
| <2500 g | 16 | 19.5% | 4 | 5.5% | 0.02* |
| 2500–2999 g | 36 | 43.9% | 10 | 13.9% | 0.0001* |
| 3000–3999 g | 30 | 36.6% | 55 | 76.4% | 0.000002* |
| ≥4000 g | 3 | 4.2% | |||
| Apgar score at 1 minute | |||||
| <7 | 9 | 11.1% | 3 | 4.2% | 0.20 |
| >7 | 72 | 88.9% | 69 | 95.8% | 0.12 |
| Survival for the first week of life | |||||
| Alive | 79 | 96.3% | 70 | 97.2% | 1.00 |
| Stillbirth | 1 | 1.2% | 1 | 1.4% | 1.00 |
| Neonatal death | 2 | 2.4% | 1 | 1.2% | 1.00 |
Note:
*
Statistically significant difference.