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. 2022 Mar 19;22:225. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04570-w

Table 1.

Characteristics of 14,964 singleton births by COVID-19 pandemic cohort and maternal SARS-CoV-2 status

Pre-pandemic cohort
1/1/19-2/28/20
n=11,842
Pandemic cohort
4/1/20-7/31/20
n=3122a
Pandemic cohort with PCR test
4/1/20-7/31/20
n=3051
SARS-CoV-2 positive
n=156b
SARS-CoV-2 negative
n=2881b
Maternal age
  <25 1277 (10.8) 364 (11.7) 27 (17.3) 319 (11.1)
  25-34 6280 (53.0) 1619 (51.9) 78 (50.0) 1507 (52.3)
  35+ 4284 (36.2) 1139 (36.5) 51 (32.7) 1055 (36.6)
Race/ethnicity
  Non-Latina Black 1306 (11.0) 374 (12.0) 25 (16.0) 342 (11.9)
  Latina 1935 (16.4) 540 (17.3) 44 (28.2) 482 (16.7)
  Non-Latina Asian 1245 (10.5) 349 (11.2) 4 (2.6) 339 (11.8)
  Non-Latina white 6185 (52.3) 1670 (53.5) 76 (48.7) 1542 (53.5)
  Other/unknown 1160 (9.8) 189 (6.1) 7 (4.5) 176 (6.1)
Insurance
  Private 9008 (76.1) 2389 (76.5) 102 (65.4) 2224 (77.2)
  Medicaid 1892 (16.0) 523 (16.8) 42 (26.9) 465 (16.1)
  Medicare 163 (1.4) 24 (0.8) 1 (0.6) 23 (0.8)
  Otherc 542 (4.6) 135 (4.3) 7 (4.5) 125 (4.3)
  Self-pay 237 (2.0) 51 (1.6) 4 (2.6) 44 (1.5)
Parity
  Nulliparous 5872 (49.6) 1510 (48.4) 55 (35.3) 1440 (50.0)
  Multiparous 5970 (50.4) 1612 (51.6) 101 (64.7) 1441 (50.0)
Body Mass Index
  Underweight (BMI<18.5) 259 (2.2) 59 (1.9) 2 (1.3) 55 (1.9)
  Normal weight (18.5≤BMI<25) 4726 (39.9) 1202 (38.5) 45 (28.9) 1131 (39.3)
  Overweight (25≤BMI<30) 3623 (30.6) 1005 (32.2) 57 (36.5) 920 (31.9)
  Class 1 or 2 obesity (30≤BMI<40) 2443 (20.6) 635 (20.3) 42 (26.9) 565 (19.6)
  Class 3 obesity (BMI≥40) 330 (2.8) 85 (2.7) 2 (1.3) 83 (2.9)
Gestational age at delivery
  Early term (37-38 weeks) 3110 (26.3) 792 (25.4) 48 (30.8) 726 (25.2)
  Full term (39-40 weeks) 7686 (64.9) 2061 (66.0) 92 (59.0) 1910 (66.3)
  Late term (41 weeks) 1020 (8.6) 263 (8.4) 16 (10.3) 239 (8.3)
  Post-term (42+ weeks) 26 (0.2) 6 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 6 (0.2)

aColumn percentages do not sum to 100 in all cases due to missing data; bSum of positive and negative cases is not equal to total number of births in cohort because 85 deliveries were missing SARS-CoV-2 PCR test data; cOther race/ethnicity includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and other or unspecified race/ethnicity