Table 3.
Perinatal outcomes of the study groups.
| Exposed Sub-Groups (%) |
Non-Exposed Sub-Groups (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Exposure (n = 73) |
Low Exposure (n = 97) |
FSU Immigrants (n = 1427) |
Non-FSU Immigrants (n = 1486) |
Israeli (n = 569) |
Total (3652) |
P Value | |
| Low Birth Weight ≤2500 | 11.0 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 0.239 |
| Macrosomia | 6.8 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 0.238 |
| Anemia | 54.8 | 45.4 | 39.7 | 34.9 | 33.7 | 37.2 | <0.01 |
| Congenital malformations | 6.8 | 3.1 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 0.318 |
| Apgar 5 minutes < 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.114 |
| Perinatal mortality | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.957 |
| Stillbirth | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.995 |
| Intrapartum death | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.813 |
| Post-partum death | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.723 |