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. 2022 Feb 25;48(5):1116–1125. doi: 10.1111/jog.15203

TABLE 2.

Maternal complications during pregnancy and delivery and their newborns' health

Dates of delivery
Oct. 2019–Mar. 2020 Apr. 2020–May 2020 Jun. 2020–Oct. 2020 Total
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) p‐value
Experienced threatened abortion, threatened premature labor, or preterm birth 53 (28.7) 37 (19.8) 33 (18.2) 123 (22.2) 0.04*
Threatened abortion 19 (10.3) 15 (8.0) 9 (5.0) 43 (7.8) 0.17
Threatened premature labor 42 (22.7) 28 (15.0) 27 (14.9) 97 (17.5) 0.08
Preterm birth within 37 gestational weeks 11 (6.0) 5 (2.7) 6 (3.3) 22 (4.0) 0.23
At least one of the following seven maternal complications 32 (17.3) 32 (17.1) 32 (17.7) 96 (17.4) 0.99
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy 12 (6.5) 10 (5.4) 12 (6.6) 34 (6.2) 0.85
Gestational diabetes 6 (3.2) 12 (6.4) 9 (5.0) 27 (4.9) 0.36
Preeclampsia 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 3 (1.7) 5 (0.9) 0.43
Placenta previa 4 (2.2) 7 (3.7) 6 (3.3) 17 (3.1) 0.66
Placental abruption 2 (1.1) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 3 (0.5) 0.37
Worsened preexisting illnesses 6 (3.2) 8 (4.3) 3 (1.7) 17 (3.1) 0.34
Other medical conditions requiring hospitalization 7 (3.8) 7 (3.7) 7 (3.9) 21 (3.8) 1.00
Birth weight < 2500 g 18 (9.7) 18 (9.6) 16 (8.8) 52 (9.4) 0.95
Admitted in neonatal intensive care unit 13 (7.0) 10 (5.4) 14 (7.7) 37 (6.7) 0.64
*

p‐Value <0.05.