Table 1. Characteristics for women in group with and without fetal anomaly at inclusion (T1).
| Women with all four assessments/visits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fetal anomaly (n = 48) N (%) | No fetal anomaly (n = 105) N (%) | P-value* | ||
| Age | 19–28 years | 17 (35) | 25 (24) | 0.223 |
| 29–33 years | 20 (42) | 44 (42) | ||
| 34–43 years | 11 (23) | 36 (34) | ||
| Education | < junior college | 23 (48) | 16 (15) | <0.001 |
| ≥ junior college | 25 (52) | 88 (85) | ||
| Missing data | 0 | 1 (1) | ||
| Previous children | No previous children | 20 (42) | 59 (56) | 0.135 |
| Previous children | 28 (58) | 46 (44) | ||
| Married or cohabiting | Yes | 46 (96) | 105 (100) | n/a |
| No | 2 (4) | 0 | ||
| Gestational age at first assessment | <18 weeks | 11 (23) | 16 (15) | 0.004 |
| 18–22 weeks | 33 (69) | 89 (85)** | ||
| >22 –<27 weeks | 4 (8) | 0 | ||
| Time from suspicion of fetal anomaly to examination at the referral center | ≤ 2 days | 36 (75) | n.a. | |
| 3–4 days | 5 (10) | |||
| ≥ 5 days | 7 (15) | |||
| Change in diagnosis/prognosis from T1 to T2 | Improvement | 18 (38) | 0 | <0.001 |
| Stable | 28 (58) | 104 (99) | ||
| Worsening | 2 (4) | 1 (1)*** | ||
| Classification of severity (see text) | 1 | 0 | n/a | |
| 2 | 6 (13) | |||
| 3 | 9 (19) | |||
| 4 | 15 (31) | |||
| 5 | 18 (38) | |||
* Chi-Square tests.
** In the group without fetal anomaly one case was moved to the 18–22 weeks group due to statistical purposes. This case was included in the study at week 22 + 1 day of gestation.
*** One anomaly in the comparison group detected at T 3 (a cyst in one thigh).