Table 1.

Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of puerperal women with late preterm infants and term infants.

Variable		Frequency	Percentage
Age of the Mother (years)	<19	96	22.64
	19–35	286	67.45
	>35	42	9.91
Ethnicity of the mother	Mestizo	258	60.85
	Afro	149	35.14
	Indigenous	17	4.01
Level of schooling of the mother	None	38	9.00
	Primary complete	222	52.61
	Secondary complete	130	30.81
	Technical	32	7.50
Marital status of the mother	With partner	301	70.99
	Without partner	123	29.01
Current pregnancy desired	Desired	145	34.69
	Not desired	273	65.31
Number of prenatal controls performed by the mother	Prenatal controls <3	416	98.35
	Prenatal control 4–7	5	1.18
	Control >8	2	0.47
Gestacional age of the newborn	34	46	10.85
	35	65	15.33
	36	105	24.76
	Term	208	49.06
Birth way of the newborn	Vaginal	137	32.31
	Cesarean section	287	67.69
Maternal morbidity during pregnancy	None	114	26.89
	Hypertensive disorder	242	57.08
	Obstetric	68	16.04
Newborn weight at birth	<1,500	8	1.90
	1,500–2,500	173	41.00
	>2,500	241	57.11
Newborn weight type	Small	41	9.67
	Suitable	351	82.78
	Large	32	7.55
Type of newborn morbidity	None	254	59.91
	Neurological	52	12.26
	infectious	118	27.83
Primary maternal parity	Primip1	166	39.15
	Multiparous 2–5	248	58.49
	Large multiparous ≥6	10	2.36
Gender of the newborn	Female	213	50.35
	Male	210	49.65