Table 3.
Maternal characteristics by symptom presentation
| Maternal characteristic | Symptoms present |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Asymptomatic (n=24) | Symptomatic (n=77) | P value | |
| Maternal age (y) | 31.0 (26.2–33.3) | 30.4 (25.9–35.6) | .84 |
| Public insurance | 17 (70.8) | 45 (59.2) | .31 |
| Nulliparous | 6 (25.0) | 24 (31.6) | .54 |
| Any living children | 18 (75.0) | 52 (68.4) | .54 |
| Number of living children | 1 (1–2) | 1 (0–1) | .41 |
| Race | .15 | ||
| Asian | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.0) | |
| Black or African American | 11 (45.8) | 17 (22.4) | |
| White | 5 (20.8) | 18 (23.7) | |
| Other or unknown | 8 (33.3) | 38 (50.0) | |
| Latina ethnicity | 10 (41.7) | 43 (57.3) | .18 |
| Married | 6 (25.0) | 34 (44.2) | .09 |
| BMI at delivery (kg/m2) (n=50) | 31.2 (28.6–36.5) | 32.7 (28.9–34.5) | .96 |
| Obesity (n=50) | 16 (70.0) | 19 (70.4) | .95 |
| Tobacco use (n=98) | .81 | ||
| Never | 21 (91.3) | 68 (90.7) | |
| Past | 2 (8.7) | 5 (6.7) | |
| Current | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.7) | |
| Any maternal chronic disease (n=95) | 11 (47.8) | 31 (43.1) | .69 |
| Preexisting diabetes | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | .24 |
| Hypertension | 0 (0.0) | 7 (9.1) | .19 |
| Pulmonary disease | 5 (20.8) | 17 (22.1) | .90 |
| Gestational diabetes (n=47) | 2 (8.7) | 4 (16.7) | .67 |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or number (percentage).
BMI, body mass index.
Sakowicz et al. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 risk factors in pregnancy. AJOG MFM 2020.