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. 2020 May 13;20:103. doi: 10.1186/s12905-020-00966-y

Table 2.

The comparison of two groups of female greenhouse worker and housewives in terms of reproductive outcomes status

Variables		Greenhouse worker		Housewives		P
Variables		Mean ± SD	N (%)	Mean ± SD	N (%)	P
Number of previous pregnancies		3.18 ± 1.98		2.79 ± 1.40		0.004
Number of spontaneous abortion^b		0.26 ± 0.56			0.18 ± 0.50	0.019
Infertility	yes		45 (14.8)		25 (7.5)	0.003
Infertility	no		263 (85.4)		312 (92.5)	0.003
LBW^a,b	yes		32 (11.6)		10 (3.2)	< 0.001
LBW^a,b	no		244 (88.4)		305 (96.8)	< 0.001
Abnormal births^b	yes		23 (8.3)		9 (2.9)	0.012
Abnormal births^b	no		253 (91.7)		306 (97.1)	0.012
*Preterm birth*^b	yes		33 (11.9)		19 (6.1)	0.035
*Preterm birth*^b	no		243(88.1)		296 (93.9)	0.035
Postterm birth^b	yes		6 (2.1)		5 (1.6)	0.509
Postterm birth^b	no		270 (97.9)		310 (98.4)	0.509
Stillbirth^b	yes		9 (3.3)		7(2.2)	0.453
Stillbirth^b	No		267 (96.7)		308 (97.8)	0.453

^aLow Birth Weight

^bRegardless of primary infertility in the two groups