Table 2.
Pregnancy complications in primiparous women (N = 6189) without and with preconception psychiatric diagnosis.
| Primiparous women | P–value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Without psychiatric diagnosis (n = 5979) | With psychiatric diagnosis (n = 210) | ||
| Previous pregnancies, n (%) | 0.036 | ||
| None | 4801 (80) | 159 (76) | |
| One | 837 (14) | 29 (14) | |
| Two | 256 (4) | 16 (8) | |
| Three or more | 85 (1) | 6 (3) | |
| Fertility treatment, n (%) | 537 (9) | 6 (3) | 0.002 |
| Duration of pregnancy (weeks), mean (SD) | 39.9 (1.9) | 39.7 (2.3) | 0.099 |
| Gestational diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 962 (16) | 41 (20) | 0.18 |
| Hospitalization due to hypertension, n (%) | 389 (7) | 5 (2) | 0.013 |
| Hospitalization due to vaginal bleeding, n (%) | 21 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.99 |
| Cesarean sections, n (%) | 0.34 | ||
| Emergency | 86 (7) | 6 (11) | |
| Urgent | 908 (70) | 38 (70) | |
| Elective | 310 (24) | 10 (19) | |
| Preterm delivery, n (%) | 350 (6) | 16 (8) | 0.29 |
| Epidural pain relief, n (%) | 4032 (67) | 145 (69) | 0.62 |