Table 5. Pregnancy outcomes in control and all of heterotopic pregnancies.
| Variables | Control n = 84 |
Heterotopic pregnancy* n = 40 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| First trimester fetal loss | 11 (13.1%) | 6 (15.0%) | 0.773‡ |
| Intrauterine fetal death | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| PPROM | 1 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Loss to follow-up | 2 (2.4%) | 10 (25.0%) | < 0.001§ |
| Live birth | 69/82 (84.1%) | 24/30 (80.0%) | 0.605‡ |
| Intrauterine singleton | |||
| Preterm delivery | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (15.0%)† | 0.032§ |
| Term delivery | 41 (100%) | 17 (85.0%)) | |
| Body weight, gm | 3158.6 ± 395.8 | 3021.1 ± 578.1 | 0.299∥ |
| Intrauterine twin | |||
| Preterm delivery | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (25.0%) | 0.125§ |
| Term delivery | 28 (100%) | 3 (75.0%) | |
| Body weight1st, gm | 2415.6±510.4 | 2577.5 ± 355.1 | 0.547∥ |
| Body weight2nd, gm | 2315.8 ± 436.6 | 2537.5 ± 135.4 | 0.328∥ |
| Delivery mode | |||
| Cesarean section | 40/69 (58.0%) | 17/24 (70.8%) | 0.265‡ |
| Vaginal delivery | 28/69 (40.6%) | 7/24 (29.2%) | 0.623‡ |
| Unknown | 1/69 (1.4%) | 0/24 (0.0%) |
Values are expressed as No. (%) or mean ± standard deviation.
*Excludes post curettage status (6), chemotherapy (1), and induced abortion (1); †Interstitial pregnancy (2) and tubal pregnancy (1); PPROM, preterm premature rupture of membranes, occurred at 16th gestational week; ‡χ2 test; §Fisher’s exact test; ‖t-test.