Table 4.
Women with specific chronic diseases with regular prescription medications initiated before pregnancy in relation to the gestational age at delivery
| Total n = 1156 |
Preterm birth < 37 GWS n = 71 (6.1) |
Term birth 37–40 GWS n = 849 (73.4) |
Late-term birth ≥41 GWS n = 236 (20.4) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No regular medication | 928 (80) | 52 (6) | 683 (74) | 193 (21) |
| Thyroid diseases | 96 (8) | 7 (7) | 71 (74) | 18 (19) |
| Asthma | 60 (5) | 6 (10) | 43 (72) | 11 (18) |
| Mental health conditions | 45 (4) | 4 (9) | 32 (71) | 9 (20) |
| Neurological diseases | 7 (0.6) | 1 (14) | 2 (29) | 4 (58) |
| Diabetes | 10 (0.9) | 3 (30) | 7 (70) | 0 |
| Inflammatory bowel diseases | 13 (1) | 0 | 10 (77) | 3 (23) |
| Hypertension | 13 (1) | 5 (39) | 8 (62) | 0 |
Values are n (%) of all parturients. Gestational weeks (GWS)