Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of Iranian women who have given birth during selected periods
| Characteristics |
During Covid-19: 1st November 2020- 28th February 2021 |
Before Covid-19: 1st November 2019- 29th February 2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother of newborn without anomaly N = 345,827 |
Mother of newborn with anomaly N = 2012 |
P value* (Chi-square) |
Mother of newborn without anomaly N = 393,860 |
Mother of newborn with anomaly N = 1868 |
P value* (Chi-square) |
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| Age | ||||||
| < 18 | 13,443 (3.89) | 91 (4.52) | < 0.00001* | 15,392 (3.91) | 82 (4.39) | < 0.00001* |
| 18–35 | 260,753 (75.40) | 1429 (71.02) | 301,030 (76.43) | 1358 (72.69) | ||
| > 35 | 71,631 (20.71) | 492 (24.46) | 77,438 (19.66) | 428 (22.92) | ||
| Education | ||||||
| < high school | 118,870 (34.37) | 884 (43.94) | < 0.00001* | 135,260 (34.34) | 791 (42.34) | < 0.00001* |
| High school | 149,718 (43.29) | 780 (38.76) | 171,128 (43.45) | 739 (39.56) | ||
| ≥ college | 77,239 (22.34) | 348 (17.30) | 87,472 (22.21) | 338 (18.10) | ||
| Parity | ||||||
| primiparous | 123,507 (35.71) | 710 (35.29) | 0.69 | 151,436 (38.45) | 736 (39.40) | 0.39 |
| multiparous | 222,320 (64.29) | 1302 (64.71) | 242,424 (61.55) | 1132 (60.60) | ||
| Type of delivery | ||||||
| NVD | 161,801 (46.79) | 912 (45.33) | 0.19 | 190,441 (48.35) | 852 (45.61) | 0.01* |
| CS | 184,026 (53.21) | 1100 (54.67) | 203,419 (51.65) | 1016 (54.39) | ||
* The significance level was set at P value < 0.05