Table 1.
Characteristics of newborn and mother by full-term preterm and AGA-SGA.
| Variable | Total | FT-AGA | FT-SGA | PT-AGA | PT-SGA | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 12,490 | n = 9,396 | n = 771 | n = 2,003 | n = 320 | ||
| Sex | 0.001 | |||||
| Boy | 6,475 (51.8%) | 4,905 (52.2%) | 360 (46.7%) | 1,066 (53.2%) | 144 (45.0%) | |
| Girl | 6,015 (48.2%) | 4,491 (47.8%) | 411 (53.3%) | 937 (46.8%) | 176 (55.0%) | |
| Sepsis | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 1,705 (13.7%) | 576 (6.1%) | 167 (21.7%) | 776 (38.7%) | 186 (58.1%) | |
| Asphyxia | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 332 (2.7%) | 107 (1.1%) | 30 (3.9%) | 148 (7.4%) | 47 (14.7%) | |
| Resuscitation | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 2,279 (18.2%) | 1,043 (11.1%) | 216 (28.0%) | 832 (41.5%) | 188 (58.8%) | |
| Mother's age | <0.001 | |||||
| <18 years | 319 (2.6%) | 251 (2.7%) | 14 (1.8%) | 48 (2.4%) | 6 (1.9%) | |
| 18–35 | 10,214 (81.8%) | 7,833 (83.4%) | 621 (80.5%) | 1,509 (75.3%) | 251 (78.4%) | |
| >35 | 1,957 (15.7%) | 1,312 (14.0%) | 136 (17.6%) | 446 (22.3%) | 63 (19.7%) | |
| Mother's infection risk | <0.001 | |||||
| Yes | 437 (3.5%) | 216 (2.3%) | 25 (3.2%) | 175 (8.7%) | 21 (6.6%) | |
| Delivery mode | <0.001 | |||||
| Spontaneous | 6,752 (54.1%) | 5,291 (56.3%) | 376 (48.8%) | 987 (49.3%) | 98 (30.6%) | |
| Assisted | 596 (4.8%) | 521 (5.5%) | 22 (2.9%) | 47 (2.3%) | 6 (1.9%) | |
| Caesarean | 5,142 (41.2%) | 3,584 (38.1%) | 373 (48.4%) | 969 (48.4%) | 216 (67.5%) | |
| Mother's education | <0.001 | |||||
| ≦6 years | 1,087 (8.7%) | 785 (8.4%) | 75 (9.7%) | 201 (10.0%) | 26 (8.1%) | |
| 7–12 | 1,700 (13.6%) | 1,197 (12.7%) | 119 (15.4%) | 339 (16.9%) | 45 (14.1%) | |
| 13+ | 9,703 (77.7%) | 7,414 (78.9%) | 577 (74.8%) | 1,463 (73.0%) | 249 (77.8%) | |
| Parity | <0.001 | |||||
| ≦1 | 10,119 (81.0%) | 7,674 (81.7%) | 637 (82.6%) | 1,549 (77.3%) | 259 (80.9%) | |
| 2–4 | 2,293 (18.4%) | 1,675 (17.8%) | 131 (17.0%) | 431 (21.5%) | 56 (17.5%) | |
| 5+ | 78 (0.6%) | 47 (0.5%) | 3 (0.4%) | 23 (1.1%) | 5 (1.6%) | |
| ANC | <0.001 | |||||
| 0 | 8 (0.1%) | 7 (0.1%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| 1–4 | 202 (1.6%) | 118 (1.3%) | 17 (2.2%) | 58 (2.9%) | 9 (2.8%) | |
| 5+ | 12,280 (98.3%) | 9,271 (98.7%) | 753 (97.7%) | 1,945 (97.1%) | 311 (97.2%) |
AGA, appropriate gestational age, ANC, antenatal care, SGA, small for gestational age, FT-AGA, full-term AGA, FT-SGA, full-term-SGA, PT-AGA, preterm-AGA, PT-SGA, preterm-SGA.