Table 2.
Maternal characteristics from the Danish Fetal Medicine Database; ∗Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test, ∗∗Student's t-test, ∗∗∗chi2 test; ∧Caucasian: European, Middle Eastern, North African, Hispanic; ∧∧Non-Caucasian: Afro Caribbean, Asian, Oriental.
Characteristic | <week 22 | ≥week 22 | p value |
---|---|---|---|
N = 187 | N = 16 | ||
Maternal age, years [95% CI] | 29.7 [29.0; 30.4] | 29.8 [27.4; 32.1] | 0.88∗ |
BMI, [95% CI] | 25.6 [24.7; 26.5] | 28.1 [24.9; 31.3] | 0.08∗∗ |
Smokers, % [95% CI] | 3.8 [1.5; 7.6] | 6.2 [0.2; 30.2] | 0.62∗∗∗ |
Ethnicity, % [95% CI] | |||
(i) Caucasian∧ | 93.2 [88.6; 96.3] | 86.7 [59.5; 98.3] | 0.35∗∗∗ |
(ii) Non-Caucasian∧∧ | 6.8 [3.7; 11.4] | 13.3 [1.7; 40.5] | |
Conception, % [95% CI] | |||
(i) Spontaneous | 90.1 [84.8; 94.0] | 93.8 [69.8; 99.8] | 0.63∗∗∗ |
(ii) Fertility treatment | 9.9 [6.0; 15.2] | 6.3 [0.2; 30.2] |