TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women with and without pneumonia in Taiwan, 2005 (n = 8772)
| Variable | Women with pneumonia (n = 1462) |
Comparison women (n = 7310) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Infant characteristics | |||||
| Sex | .068 | ||||
| Male | 788 | 53.9 | 3749 | 51.3 | |
| Female | 674 | 46.1 | 3561 | 48.7 | |
| Maternal characteristics | |||||
| Parity | .616 | ||||
| 1 | 744 | 50.9 | 3625 | 50.0 | |
| 2 | 554 | 37.9 | 2784 | 38.1 | |
| ≥3 | 164 | 11.2 | 874 | 11.9 | |
| Age, y | 1.000 | ||||
| <20 | 50 | 3.4 | 250 | 3.4 | |
| 20-24 | 352 | 24.1 | 1760 | 24.1 | |
| 25-29 | 454 | 31.1 | 2270 | 31.1 | |
| 30-34 | 427 | 29.2 | 2135 | 29.2 | |
| >34 | 179 | 12.2 | 895 | 12.2 | |
| Education level | .070 | ||||
| ≤Junior high school | 160 | 10.9 | 713 | 9.7 | |
| Senior high school | 1041 | 71.2 | 5121 | 70.1 | |
| ≥College | 261 | 17.9 | 1476 | 20.2 | |
| Alcohol abuse/alcohol dependence syndrome | 3 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.4 | .258 |
| Gestational diabetes | 48 | 3.3 | 227 | 3.1 | .722 |
| Gestational hypertension | 44 | 3.0 | 192 | 2.6 | .409 |
| Anemia | 158 | 10.8 | 723 | 9.9 | .287 |
| Coronary heart disease | 20 | 1.4 | 45 | 0.6 | .002 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 31 | 2.1 | 139 | 1.9 | .579 |
| Obesity | 9 | 0.6 | 36 | 0.5 | .548 |
| Geographic region | .604 | ||||
| North | 614 | 42.0 | 3105 | 42.5 | |
| Center | 393 | 26.9 | 1988 | 27.2 | |
| South | 412 | 28.2 | 2045 | 27.9 | |
| East | 43 | 2.9 | 172 | 2.4 | |
| Paternal age, y | .892 | ||||
| <30 | 518 | 35.4 | 2602 | 35.6 | |
| 30-34 | 466 | 31.9 | 2363 | 32.3 | |
| >34 | 478 | 31.7 | 2345 | 32.1 | |
Chen. Pneumonia and pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2012.