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. 2022 Mar 1;17(3):e0264733. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264733

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics.

Variable No. (%) or Mean (SD) Overall (N = 589) Full-Term (N = 307) Preterm (N = 212) Stillbirth (N = 70)
Maternal Education Attainment
    Any Primary School 37 (6.3%) 15 (4.9%) 15 (7.1%) 7 (10.0%)
    Some High School 407 (69.1%) 207 (67.4%) 151 (71.2%) 49 (70.0%)
    Completed High School 113 (19.2%) 67 (21.8%) 34 (16.0%) 12 (17.1%)
    Beyond High School 30 (5.1%) 18 (5.9%) 10 (4.7%) 2 (2.9%)
    Declined or Unknown 2 (0.3%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.9%) 0 (0%)
Maternal Employment Status
    Employed 418 (71.0%) 98 (31.9%) 57 (26.9%) 16 (22.9%)
    Unemployed 171 (29.0%) 209 (68.1%) 155 (73.1%) 54 (77.1%)
Marital Status
    Not Married 305 (51.8%) 153 (49.8%) 114 (53.8%) 38 (54.3%)
    Married 284 (48.2%) 154 (50.2%) 98 (46.2%) 32 (45.7%)
Maternal Height (cm)
    < 145 cm 15 (2.5%) 10 (3.3%) 3 (1.4%) 2 (2.9%)
    145–149 cm 45 (7.6%) 26 (8.5%) 13 (6.1%) 6 (8.6%)
    150–155 cm 153 (26.0%) 68 (22.1%) 64 (30.2%) 21 (30.0%)
    >155 cm 376 (63.8%) 203 (66.1%) 132 (62.3%) 41 (58.6%)
Maternal Depression (EPDS a )
    EPDS Score <13 283 (48.0%) 163 (49.8%) 114 (47.7%) 6 (26.1%)
    EPDS Score 13–15 72 (12.2%) 41 (12.5%) 28 (11.7%) 3 (13.0%)
    EPDS Score >15 200 (34.0%) 115 (35.2%) 77 (32.2%) 8 (34.8%)
    Unknown 34 (5.8%) 8 (2.4%) 20 (8.4%) 6 (26.1%)
Maternal Age at Delivery
    <20 Years 101 (17.1%) 54 (17.6%) 29 (13.7%) 18 (25.7%)
    20 to <35 Years 449 (76.2%) 240 (78.2%) 161 (75.9%) 48 (68.6%)
    ≥ 35 Years 39 (6.6%) 13 (4.2%) 22 (10.4%) 4 (5.7%)
Mode of Delivery
    Vaginal 509 (86.4%) 275 (89.6%) 166 (78.3%) 68 (97.1%)
    Cesarean 79 (13.4%) 32 (10.4%) 46 (21.7%) 1 (1.4%)
    Unknown 1 (0.02%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.4%)
Parity
    Primipara 208 (35.3%) 109 (35.5%) 72 (34.0%) 27 (38.6%)
    Multipara 381 (64.7%) 198 (64.5%) 140 (66.0%) 43 (61.4%)
Gestational Age at Birth 36.0 (4.82) 39.4 (1.12) 33.8 (3.30) 27.8 (4.80)
Sex
    Male 299 (50.8%) 150 (48.9%) 113 (53.3%) 36 (51.4%)
    Female 282 (47.9%) 157 (51.1%) 99 (46.7%) 26 (37.1%)
    Unknown 8 (1.4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 8 (11.4%)

aEPDS: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.