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Table 1 Distributions of birth weight, gestational age, and maternal smoking in relation to neonatal survival status

From: Reexamining the effects of gestational age, fetal growth, and maternal smoking on neonatal mortality

 

Neonatal survivors

Neonatal deaths

Total events

10,084,106

27,355

Maternal age (years)†

27.0 (6.2)

26.4 (6.7)

Primigravida

33.2%

34.1%¶

Birth weight (grams)†

3,347 (572)

1,765 (1,145)

   Birth weight <2,500 grams

6.1%

69.6%

   Birth weight <1,500 grams

1.1%

62.3%

z-score birth weight†

0.00 (1.00)

-0.62 (1.07)

Gestational age (weeks)†

38.9 (2.3)

31.3 (6.6)

   Delivered <37 weeks

10.3%

67.9%

   Delivered <34 weeks

3.0%

63.6%

   Delivered <32 weeks

1.7%

61.2%

Smoking during pregnancy

  

   Smokers

16.5%

19.1%

   Cigarettes smoked/day‡

11 (1–40)

15 (1–40)

  1. † Data expressed as mean (standard deviation).
  2. ‡ Data expressed as median (range) among all smokers.
  3. ¶ P-value <0.01. For all other comparisons, P < 0.0001.