TABLE 4.
Social support and birth outcome information for the pregnancy latent class growth analysis classes
| Pregnancy | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Class 4 | |||
| Severe, persisting | Moderate, persisting | Subclinical, remitting | Low, remitting | |||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Number of relatives | 2.65 (2.39) | 4.35 (3.15) | 5.57 (4.10) | 5.23 (4.10) | 0.01 | C1<C3=C4 |
| Number of friends | 2.30 (1.72) | 4.15 (4.10) | 5.78 (3.31) | 5.61 (3.96) | <0.001 | C1<C3=C4 |
| Tangible support | 3.47 (0.80) | 4.25 (0.94) | 4.66 (0.57) | 4.54 (0.67) | <0.001 | C1<C2<C3<C4 |
| Affectional support | 3.90 (1.11) | 4.58 (0.64) | 4.94 (0.22) | 4.69 (0.57) | <0.001 | C1<C2=C4<C3 |
| Positive social interaction | 3.64 (0.88) | 4.26 (0.83) | 4.71 (0.41) | 4.50 (0.60) | <0.001 | C1<C2<C3=C4 |
| Emotional/informational support | 3.48 (0.99) | 4.16 (0.84) | 4.74 (0.43) | 4.41 (0.72) | <0.001 | C1<C2=C4<C3 |
| Birthweight (kg) | 3.30 (0.49) | 3.27 (0.51) | 3.30 (0.43) | 3.30 (0.66) | 0.99 | – |
| Birth length (cm) | 49.83 (3.32) | 49.93 (2.73) | 50.43 (2.17) | 50.52 (2.55) | 0.72 | – |
| Gestational Age at birth (weeks) | 39.16 (1.32) | 39.06 (1.66) | 39.27 (1.24) | 39.00 (1.69) | 0.40 | – |
| Mode of delivery (% C‐section) | 29% | 33% | 26% | 34% | 0.82 | – |
| APGAR 1 min | 8.60 (0.55) | 7.58 (2.10) | 8.06 (1.37) | 7.91 (1.44) | 0.51 | – |
| APGAR 5 min | 9.00 (0.00) | 8.89 (0.45) | 8.94 (0.54) | 8.60 (0.92) | 0.12 | – |
C, class; C‐section, cesarean section.