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. 2021 Nov 16;181(3):1175–1184. doi: 10.1007/s00431-021-04297-4

Table 2.

Live births and stillbirths as a function of gestational age at birth in the lockdown (March 12–April 14) and extended period of COVID-19 restrictions (February 27–September 30)

GA 2020 2015–2019 2020 vs 2015–2019
Lockdown (March 12–April 14)
Weeks + days N (%) Mean (SD) OR (95% CI)
Live births
Extremely preterm  ≤ 27 + 6 4 (0.08) 15.0 (3.2) 0.27 (0.07, 0.86)
Very preterm 28 + 0–31 + 6 18 (0.36) 23.4 (1.6) 0.80 (0.41, 1.56)
Moderate preterm 32 + 0–36 + 6 202 (4.03) 217.4 (7.3) 0.96 (0.78, 1.17)
Term 37 + 0–41 + 6 4731 (94.37) 4835.0 (206.1) 1.13 (0.95, 1.34)
Late term  ≥ 42 + 0 33 (0.66) 40.6 (3.8) 0.83 (0.51, 1.34)
Missing GA 11 (0.22) 84.0 (39.5)
Stillbirths
Extremely preterm  ≤ 27 + 6 4 (0.08) 6.2 (3.0) 0.55 (0.08, 3.28)
Very preterm 28 + 0–31 + 6 4 (0.08) 2.6 (1.10) 1.57 (0.21, 13.43)
Moderate preterm 32 + 0–36 + 6 2 (0.04) 2.4 (1.1) 1.00 (0.06, 15.94)
Term 37 + 0–41 + 6 4 (0.08) 3.2 (1.5) 1.45 (0.19, 12.44)
Late term  ≥ 42 + 0 0 (0.00) 0.0 (0.0) 0.00 (0.00, inf)
Missing GA 0 (0.00) 0.0 (0.0)
Period of COVID-19 restrictions (February 27–September 30)
Weeks + days N (%) Mean (SD) OR (95% CI)
Live births
Extremely preterm  ≤ 27 + 6 58 (0.16) 74.6 (4.9) 0.79 (0.55, 1.12)
Very preterm 28 + 0–31 + 6 150 (0.43) 165.8 (6.4) 0.92 (0.73, 1.15)
Moderate preterm 32 + 0–36 + 6 1410 (3.98) 1468.6 (45.8) 0.98 (0.90, 1.05)
Term 37 + 0–41 + 6 33,338 (94.19) 33,242 (903.4) 1.38 (1.29, 1.46)
Late term  ≥ 42 + 0 241 (0.68) 289.4 (23.4) 0.85 (0.71, 1.01)
Missing GA 129 (0.36) 550.8 (249.0)
Stillbirths
Extremely preterm  ≤ 27 + 6 22 (0.06) 33.4 (6.4) 0.97 (0.47, 1.97)
Very preterm 28 + 0–31 + 6 9 (0.03) 11.6 (3.6) 1.13 (0.39, 3.13)
Moderate preterm 32 + 0–36 + 6 16 (0.05) 20.0 (6.3) 1.23 (0.54, 2.76)
Term 37 + 0–41 + 6 21 (0.06) 32.4 (6.1) 0.95 (0.46, 1.94)
Late term  ≥ 42 + 0 0 (0.00) 0.2 (na) 0.00 (0.00, inf)
Missing GA 0 (0.00) 2.6 (1.7)