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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Perinatol. 2022 Jun 28;40(5):453–460. doi: 10.1055/a-1886-5404

Table 1.

Baseline maternal characteristics stratified by race and ethnicity

Non-Hispanic White (N = 4,491) Non-Hispanic Black (N = 2,804) Hispanic (N = 2,317) P value
Maternal age (y) 29.1 ± 6.2 25.8 ± 6.7 27.1 ± 6.9 < 0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 34.1 ± 7.1 36.1 ± 8.8 34.0 ± 6.7 < 0.001
Private insurance 3,106 (69.6) 676 (24.2) 351 (15.4) < 0.001
Multiparous 1,657 (36.9) 1,367 (48.8) 1,200 (51.8) < 0.001
> 2 prenatal visits 4,219 (98.6) 2,532 (94.7) 2,191 (97.8) < 0.001
Maternal diabetes
 Pre-gestational 168 (3.7) 139 (5.0) 88 (3.8) < 0.001
 Gestational 374 (8.3) 228 (8.1) 255 (11.0)
Tobacco use 682 (15.2) 431 (15.4) 70 (3.0) < 0.001
Singleton pregnancy 4,166 (92.8) 2,702 (96.4) 2,248 (97.0) < 0.001
Gestational age at delivery (wks) 36.9 ± 3.0 36.5 ± 3.5 37.3 ± 2.9 < 0.001
Chronic hypertension 490 (10.9) 586 (20.9) 222 (9.6) <0.001
Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy
 Gestational hypertension 1,759 (39.2) 832 (29.7) 651 (28.1)
 Preeclampsia (mild, severe, uncategorized, and superimposed) 2,567 (57.2) 1,915 (68.3) 1,601 (69.1) < 0.001
 Eclampsia or HELLP 165 (3.7) 57 (2.0) 65 (2.8)

All data presented as mean ± SD or n (%)

p-values from Chi-squared or Wilcoxon test

N=69 missing insurance, 414 missing prenatal visits, 6 missing diabetes, 12 missing tobacco use, 5 missing chronic hypertensive status, 193 missing BMI

HELLP=hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelet count