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. 2021 Feb 15;41(5):1025–1032. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-00948-4

Table 3.

Antenatal factors associated with SGA status at NICU discharge, BBC.

Discharge SGA (n = 231) Discharge AGA (n = 805) P value
Birth weight (g)a 1451.87 (527.63) 1795.04 (633.13) <0.01
Birth head circumference (cm)a 28.09 (3.44) 29.12 (3.17) <0.01
Birth length (cm)a 40.15 (4.85) 42.03 (4.77) <0.01
Gestational age (GA) in weeksa 32.03 (3.58) 31.90 (3.17) 0.58
Genderb 0.28
 Male 112 (48.48%) 420 (52.50%)
 Female 119 (51.52%) 380 (47.50%)
1 min APGARa 5.64 (2.58) 6.14 (2.36) 0.03
5 min APGARa 7.3 (1.98) 7.7 (1.46) 0.01
Maternal raceb 0.45
 Black 129 (61.14%) 334 (59.57%)
 Non-Black 82 (38.86%) 222 (39.71%)
Maternal ageb 0.66
 20–35 (ref) 143 (67.77%) 381 (68.48%)
 <20 20 (9.48%) 53 (9.67%)
 >35 48 (22.75%) 121 (21.85%)
Maternal educationb <0.01
 Above high school (HS) 74 (32.03%) 185 (22.98%)
 Below HS 64 (27.71%) 170 (21.12%)
 HS 73 (31.60%) 200 (24.84%)
Unknown 20 (8.66%) 250 (31.06%)
 Maternal parityb <0.01
 Nulliparous 104 (45.02%) 228 (28.32%)
 Multiparous 107 (46.32%) 327 (40.62%)
 Unknown 20 (8.66%) 250 (31.06%)
 Intrauterine drug exposureb 30 (12.99%) 39 (4.84%) <0.01
 Ever smokedb 66 (28.57%) 149 (18.51%) 0.001
 Placenta informationb <0.01
 No inflammation and no MVM (ref.) 73 (31.6%) 347 (43.11%)
 Inflammation only 27 (11.69%) 193 (23.98%)
 MVM only 112 (48.48%) 210 (26.09%)
 Both Inflammation and MVM 19 (8.23%) 55 (6.83%)
 Antenatal steroid (any)b 135 (21.46%) 494 (78.54%) 0.64
 Doses of antenatal steroidb <0.01
 0 dose 115 (49.78%) 531 (65.96%)
 1 dose 25 (10.82%) 66 (8.20%)
 ≥2 dose 91 (39.39%) 208 (25.84%)

Data presented as counts (percentage) or mean (SD).

at-test analysis.

bchi square analysis.