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Table 1 Background characteristics for the 446 women included

From: The association between labour variables and primiparous women’s experience of childbirth; a prospective cohort study

 

W-DEQ <66 (n = 294)

W-DEQ ≥ 66 (n = 152)

P- value*

Maternal age (years)

30.2 (4.3)

30.1 (4.7)

0.95

BMI^

23.6 (8)

23.6 (8)

0.97

Height (cm)

167.2 (8.9)

166.8 (9.8)

0.64

Smoker before pregnancy (n)

36 (12.2)

27 (17.8)

0.037*

Education- primary school

26 (8.8)

16 (10.5)

0.4

High school

103 (35)

60 (39.5)

0.4

College/University

165 (56.1)

75 (50)

0.4

  1. ^BMI = weight/(length* length).
  2. *P-values <0.05 were considered as statistically significant.
  3. Data are presented as numbers (%) or mean (SD).
  4. The difference between the groups was tested by t-test for parametric variables (SD) and chi-squared test for categorical variables (%).
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

ISSN: 1471-2393

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