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Table 3 Birth characteristics of the men born in 1973-83 a

From: Congenital heart disease in men – birth characteristics and reproduction: a national cohort study

 

CHD

 
 

Yes

No

 
 

Count

%

Count

%

P-value

Birthweight (g) (mean/SD) b

3328

720

3556

547

<0.001

Gestational length (weeks) (mean/SD) b

38.9

2.8

39.6

1.8

<0.001

Born preterm c

    

<0.001

Yes

339

12.6

26299

5.1

 

No

2350

87.4

493228

94.9

 

Born small-for-gestational-age c

    

<0.001

Yes

325

12.1

26213

5.0

 

No

2364

87.9

493314

95.0

 

Born large-for-gestational-age c

    

<0.001

Yes

158

5.9

22767

4.4

 

No

2531

94.1

496760

95.6

 

Twin birth c

    

<0.001

Yes

83

3.1

8230

1.6

 

No

2606

96.9

511196

98.4

 

Instrumental delivery c

    

0.8

Yes

179

6.7

35167

6.8

 

No

2510

93.3

484360

93.2

 

Caesarean section c

    

<0.001

Yes

437

16.3

51008

9.8

 

No

2252

83.7

468519

90.2

 
  1. aAnalysis performed on all 522 216 men in the study cohort.
  2. bAnalysis of variance corrected by Tukey-Kramer procedure.
  3. cChi-squared test.