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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2015 Mar 19;35(8):566–569. doi: 10.1038/jp.2015.17

Table 1.

Maternal and Pregnancy characteristics of female and male fetuses

Characteristic Female (28,954) Male (28,216)
Age (y)* 31 (26, 35) 31 (26, 35)
AMA (%) 8,466 (29.2) 8,408 (29.8)
Nulliparous (%) 11,267 (38.9) 10,796 (38.3)
Race
 African American (%) 6,567 (22.7) 6,426 (22.8)
 White (%) 17,833 (61.6) 17,471 (62.0)
 Other (%) 4,554 (15.7) 4,319 (15.3)
BMI (kg/m2)* 24.8 (21.7, 29.7) 24.7 (21.7, 29.5)
Smoking (%) 3,139 (10.9) 3,099 (11.0)
Chronic hypertension (%) 695 (2.4) 729 (2.6)
Preeclampsia (%) 2,313 (8.1) 2,269 (8.1)
Pre-gestational diabetes (%) 582 (2.0) 525 (1.9)
Gestational Diabetes (%) 1,555 (5.4) 1,463 (5.2)
SGA non-sex specific (%) 1,683 (5.8) 2,526 (9.0)
SGA sex specific (%) 1,465 (5.6) 3,307 (11.7)
Stillbirth (%) 177 (0.6) 142 (0.5)
*

Median (interquartile range)

p<0.05