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. 2021 Jun 30;11(1):e210001. doi: 10.1530/ETJ-21-0001

Table 1.

Demographic and obstetric parameters in all women and according to the foetal gender.

Pregnancy and obstetrical data All women Female foetus Male foetus
Continuous dataa
 Categorical data (n (%)) n = 1663 n = 847 (51%) n = 816 (49%)
Maternal age (years) 29.9 ± 5.8 29.7 ± 5.9 30.1 ± 5.8
 High maternal (age ≥35 years) 389 (23.3%) 197 (23.3%) 192 (23.5%)
 Caucasian background 392 (23.6%) 197 (23.3%) 195 (23.9%)
BMI pre-pregnancy (kg/m2) 25.6 ± 4.8 25.5 ± 4.9 25.8 ± 4.7
 Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) 267 (16.1%) 129 (15.2%) 138 (16.9%)
 Tobacco use 252 (15.2%) 130 (15.3%) 122 (15.0%)
Parity (n) 1 (0–2) 1 (0–2) 1 (0–2)
 Multiparty (≥3) 203 (12.2%) 106 (12.5%) 97 (11.9%)
 History of >1 first-trimester MC 111 (6.7%) 55 (6.5%) 56 (6.9%)

No P values are given because foetal gender cannot be significantly associated with any outcomes because of Mendelian randomisation.

aContinuous data are expressed as mean ± SD or median (IQR range).

MC, miscarriage.