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. 2021 Apr 16;21:305. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03772-y

Table 6.

Complications in COVID-19 associated non-pregnant, pregnant, and postpartum women (18–44 years old)

Outcome Not Pregnant
n(%1)
Pregnant
n(%1)
Postpartum
n(%1)
p-value5
Total 20,884 1609 190
Hospitalized 3546 (17.0) 974 (60.5) 172 (90.5) < 0.0016
Maximum length of hospital stay (Less than one day)2 0.08 (0.05–0.14) 0.15 (0.08–0.23) 0.20 (0.14–0.32) 0.097
Maximum length of hospital stay (One day or greater)2 3.32 (2.05–6.59) 2.55 (2.02–3.43) 2.63 (2.11–3.88) 0.197
Moderate Ventilation3 149 (0.7) 28 (1.7) 4 (2.1) 0.77
Invasive Ventilation4 396 (1.9) 26 (1.6) 10 (5.3) 0.003
Deceased 100 (0.5) 4 (0.2) 0 (0.0) > 0.99

1% = column percentage

2 Days, median (Q1-Q3)

3 Less-invasive ventilator indications like CPAP or BIPAP machines

4 More severe and invasive ventilator indications, including tracheostomy

5 Comparison of pregnant with postpartum women, Fisher’s exact test unless otherwise noted

6 Chi-Square test

7 Wilcoxon rank-sum test