Table 1.
Description of Study Subjects and Rates of Rapid Repeat Pregnancy
| Variable | RRP |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes |
No |
|
|
| n = 79 |
n = 198 |
p | |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Race | |||
| Hispanic | 17 (21.5) | 43 (21.7) | 0.56 |
| Black | 28 (35.4) | 86 (43.4) | |
| White | 27 (34.2) | 53 (26.8) | |
| Other | 7 (8.9) | 16 (8.1) | |
| Insurance status | |||
| Public | 61 (77.2) | 156 (78.8) | 0.72 |
| Private | 5 (6.3) | 16 (8.1) | |
| Not documented | 13 (16.5) | 26 (13.1) | |
| Gravida | |||
| 1 | 52 (65.8) | 167 (84.3) | <0.01 |
| >1 | 27 (34.2) | 31 (15.7) | |
| Previous induced abortion | |||
| Yes | 16 (20.3) | 19 (9.6) | 0.03 |
| No | 63 (79.7) | 179 (90.4) | |
| Other living children | |||
| Yes | 13 (16.4) | 15 (7.6) | 0.05 |
| No | 66 (83.5) | 183 (92.4) | |
| Mode of sentinel delivery | |||
| Vaginal | 59 (74.7) | 166 (83.8) | 0.09 |
| C-section | 20 (25.3) | 32 (16.2) | |
| Pregnancy complicationa | |||
| Yes | 29 (38.7) | 78 (41.8) | 0.70 |
| No | 46 (61.3) | 111 (62.0) | |
| Attendance at postpartum visit | |||
| Yes | 41 (51.9) | 145 (73.2) | <0.01 |
| No/not documented | 38 (48.1) | 53 (26.8) | |
| Continuous variables | |||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Age at delivery | |||
| n = 277 | 17.4 (0.8) | 16.8 (1.3) | <0.01 |
| Gestational age | |||
| n = 273 | 38.4 (3.5) | 38.7 (2.4) | 0.42 |
a
Pregnancy complications included pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorders, pre-eclampsia, labor abnormalities, preterm delivery, fetal anomalies, cephalopelvic disproportion, maternal illness or infection, gestational diabetes, and multifetal gestation.
RRP, rapid repeat pregnancy.