Table 1.
Comparison of patients’ socio-demographic and clinical characteristics.
| Variables | First Trimester (n = 157) |
Second Trimester (n = 54) |
p-Value * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (≥ 35 years) | 71 (45.2%) | 22 (40.7%) | 0.567 |
| BMI (>25 kg/m2) ** | 34 (21.7%) | 9 (16.7%) | 0.432 |
| Area of residence (urban) | 112 (71.3%) | 33 (61.1%) | 0.162 |
| Relationship status (married) | 136 (86.6%) | 46 (85.2%) | 0.791 |
| Level of income (average or higher) | 98 (62.4%) | 33 (61.1%) | 0.864 |
| Level of education (higher education) | 92 (58.6%) | 36 (66.7%) | 0.295 |
| Occupation (employed) | 157 (80.3%) | 42 (77.8%) | 0.696 |
| Substance use behavior | |||
| Frequent alcohol consumption | 7 (4.5%) | 3 (5.6%) | 0.743 |
| Frequent smoker | 22 (14.0%) | 9 (16.7%) | 0.634 |
| Chronic comorbidities | |||
| Cardiovascular | 5 (3.2%) | 2 (3.7%) | 0.854 |
| Metabolic | 6 (3.8%) | 4 (7.4%) | 0.284 |
| Autoimmune | 1 (0.6%) | 2 (3.7%) | 0.100 |
| Respiratory | 5 (3.2%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0.611 |
| Other | 2 (1.3%) | 1 (1.9%) | 0.756 |
| History of depression | 11 (7.0%) | 5 (9.3%) | 0.589 |
| History of COVID-19 | 16 (10.2%) | 9 (16.7%) | 0.204 |
* Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test; ** Weight measured when pregnancy loss occurred; BMI—Body mass index.