Table 1.

Demographic and obstetrical characteristics of women in the study groups.

Variable	Total No. of Patients (n = 1498)	Adolescent Mothers (Case Group) (n = 298)	Adult Mothers (Reference Group) (n = 1200)	p-Value
Age (years)	26.20 ± 6.86	17.30 ± 1.50	28.42 ± 5.81	Independent sample test: 0.00
Settlement: Rural Urban	899/1498 (60%) 599/1498 (40%)	194/298 (65.1%) 104/298 (34.9%)	705/1200 (58.8%) 495/1200 (41.3%)	Pearson Chi-square: >0.05 0.04
Gravidity 1 2–5 >5	406/1498 (27.1%) 844/1498(56.4%) 248/1498(16.5%)	182/298 (61.1%) 115/298 (38.5%) 1/298 (0.3%)	224/1200 (18.7%) 729/1200(60.8%) 247/1200(20.7%)	Likelihood Ratio: 0.00 >0.05 0.00
Parity 1 2 3 4 ≥5	482/1498 (32.2%) 404/1498 (27%) 252/1498 (16.8%) 142/1498 (9.5%) 218/1498 (14.7%)	203/298 (68.1%) 73/298 (24.5%) 17/298 (5.7%) 5/298 (1.7%) 0/298 (0.0%)	279/1200 (23.3%) 331/1200 (27.6%) 235/1200 (19.6%) 137/1200 (11.4%) 218/1200 (18.2%)	Likelihood Ratio: 0.00 >0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pregnancy: single multiple	1497/1498(99.9%) 1/1498 (0.1%)	298/298 (100%) 0/298 (0.0%)	1199/1200(99.9%) 1/1200 (0.1%)	Fisher’s Exact Test: >0.05 >0.05
Presentation: cephalic breech	1493/1498(99.7%) 5/1498 (0.3%)	296/298 (99.3%) 2/298 (0.7%)	1197/1200(99.8%) 3/1200 (0.3%)	Fisher’s Exact Test: >0.05 >0.05
Membranes: intact ruptured	1220/1498(81.4%) 278/1498 (18.6%)	247/298 (82.9%) 51/298 (17.1%)	973/1200 (81.1%) 227/1200 (18.9%)	Pearson Chi-square: >0.05
History of diabetes	6/1498 (0.4%)	1/298 (0.3%)	5/1200 (0.4%)	Fisher’s Exact Test: >0.05
Fetal weight (g)	3115.1 ± 514.1	2976.5 ± 471.7	3149.5 ± 518.6	Independent Samples Test: 0.00
Apgar score: 8–10 1–7 0	1410/1498(94.1%) 80/1498 (5.3%) 8/1498 (0.5%)	274/298 (91.9%) 22/298 (7.4%) 2/298 (0.7%)	1136/1200(94.7%) 58/1200 (4.8%) 6/1200 (0.5%)	Pearson Chi-square: >0.05
Admission *: <5 days ≥5 days	1124/1197 (75.1%) 373/1197 (24.9%)	207/298 (69.5%) 91/298 (30.5%)	918/1200 (76.5%) 282/1200 (23.5%)	Pearson Chi-square: 0.012

* expressed in number of days of hospitalization.