Table 3.

Mean values of SF36 fourth domain scores (general health) according to some maternal and delivery characteristics.

Characteristics		Mean	SD	n	p-value ∗
Maternal age (y)  a					0.239
≤ 19		57.50	17.01	40
20-29		63.34	20,69	333
30-39		64.17	21.31	330
≥ 40		62.76	19.95	83
Number of pregnancies  b					0.394
1		63.09	20.81	204
≥ 2		61.53	20.94	420
Schooling (years)  c					0.001
Up to 8		59.38	20.87	242
Above 8		64.61	20.61	496
Ethnicity  a					0.356
White		63.99	20.98	388
Nonwhite		62.69	20.47	398
Marital status  d					0.013
Without a partner		57.81	19.77	103
With a partner		62.85	20.98	519
Time since delivery (y) a					0.398
< 1		61.26	19.76	111
1 - <2		63.57	20.95	274
2 - ≥3		63.74	20.84	401
Route of delivery  e					<0.001
Vaginal		67.89	20.46	278
Cesarean section		60.85	20.49	499
Child outcome  f					0.308
Alive		63.55	20.91	685
Neonatal death		59.20	19.81	20
Sex of the child  g					0.440
Male		64.03	20.67	408
Female		62.64	21.09	358
Any morbid condition  h		57.68	20.76	374	<0.001
Hypertensive disorders  i		52.39	19.56	116	<0.001
Obesity  i		58.83	21.26	126	0.008
Diabetes  i		47.84	19.21	32	<0.001
Smoking  i		60.00	18.84	40	0.300
Cardiac Disease  i		55.09	18.87	23	0.076
Respiratory Disease  i		48.52	20.47	23	0.001
Renal Disease  i		57.06	22.73	16	0.235
Sickle cell/thalassemia  i		57.22	26.52	9	0.538
HIV/AIDS  i		45.50	18.44	6	0.040
Thyroid disease  i		55.79	21.97	33	0.052
Neurological disease  i		61.10	21.92	20	0.628
Collagenoses  i		55.67	22.08	12	0.200
Neoplasia  i		61.50	30.18	8	0.867

 ^∗Nonparametric test: Mann-Whitney.

Missing information for a: 15 cases; b: 177; c: 63; d: 179; e: 24; f: 96; g:35; h: 26; i:16 cases.

Values in bold mean that they are statistically significant (p<0.05).