Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics using the weighted data by outcome status.
| Characteristic – Weighted % | Stillbirths Nw = 182 |
Healthy Term Live Births1 Nw = 639 |
P value2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal Age3 | 0.32 | ||
| <20 | 3.0 | 3.9 | |
| 20 – 34 | 76.4 | 70.6 | |
| 35 – 39 | 13.4 | 20.0 | |
| 40+ | 7.2 | 5.5 | |
| Maternal Race/Ethnicity | 0.07 | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 34.1 | 46.3 | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 17.0 | 12.0 | |
| Hispanic | 43.0 | 32.6 | |
| Other | 5.9 | 9.1 | |
| Maternal Education | <0.01 | ||
| 0 – 11(none/primary/some secondary) | 26.7 | 18.0 | |
| 12(completed secondary) | 34.4 | 24.0 | |
| 13+(college) | 38.9 | 58.0 | |
| Marital Status | <0.01 | ||
| Not married or cohabitating | 19.6 | 13.4 | |
| Cohabitating | 33.5 | 19.1 | |
| Married | 46.9 | 67.5 | |
| BMI4 | 0.02 | ||
| <18.5 | 1.3 | 3.3 | |
| 18.5 – 24.9 | 38.0 | 52.0 | |
| 25 – 29.9 | 22.1 | 22.9 | |
| 30 – 34.9 | 17.4 | 12.0 | |
| ≥35 | 21.2 | 9.8 | |
| Insurance | 0.02 | ||
| No insurance | 5.4 | 2.9 | |
| Any public/private insurance | 60.3 | 46.6 | |
| VA/commercial health ins/HMO | 34.3 | 50.5 | |
| Depression5 | 0.08 | ||
| EDS > 12 | 19.4 | 10.5 | |
| EDS ≤ 12 | 80.6 | 89.5 | |
| Intervening Pregnancy | <0.01 | ||
| No | 41.1 | 74.0 | |
| Yes – only incomplete6 | 8.9 | 8.0 | |
| Yes – at least one live birth | 43.1 | 16.5 | |
| Yes – no live births | 6.9 | 1.5 | |
| Smoking Status7 | 0.69 | ||
| Did not smoke | 84.0 | 86.5 | |
| < 10 | 10.3 | 7.0 | |
| ≥ 10 | 5.7 | 6.5 | |
| Alcohol Use8 | 0.19 | ||
| Did not drink | 62.8 | 56.8 | |
| Drank, no binging | 17.8 | 25.6 | |
| Binged | 19.4 | 17.6 | |
| Illicit Drug Use9 | 0.26 | ||
| Never used drugs | 71.3 | 68.3 | |
| Ever used drugs w/o addiction | 25.8 | 31.0 | |
| Ever used drugs w/ addiction | 2.9 | 0.7 | |
| SLE10 – Financial | 52.5 | 45.8 | 0.25 |
| SLE – Emotional | 46.0 | 45.1 | 0.88 |
| SLE – Traumatic | 25.7 | 17.0 | 0.09 |
| SLE – Partner-related | 34.8 | 27.6 | 0.19 |
| Number of SLE Factors | 0.41 | ||
| 0 | 19.1 | 26.3 | |
| 1 | 34.5 | 33.6 | |
| 2 | 22.3 | 23.7 | |
| 3 | 16.7 | 11.1 | |
| 4 | 7.4 | 5.3 |
1
Excluding live births <37 weeks gestation, admitted to neonatal intensive care unit, or died
2
P values calculated using Rao-Scott chi-square tests comparing all stillbirths to healthy term live births
3
Maternal age at the time of the follow up interview
4
Missing 250 observations (26%)
5
Depression at time of follow up interview, based on Edinburgh Depression Scale
6
The woman was pregnant at the time of interview
7
Average number of cigarettes during 3 months prior to pregnancy
8
Alcohol consumption during 3 months prior to pregnancy
9
Lifetime drug use
10
Significant Life Events