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Table 1 Socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics and infant outcomes in the study sample, Lima, Peru, 2009-2010

From: Sleep duration, vital exhaustion, and odds of spontaneous preterm birth: a case–control study

 

Spontaneous preterm birth

 
 

Term controls (N = 480)

Cases (N = 479)

 

Characteristics

n

%

n

%

P-value

Maternal age at delivery (years)

28.3 ± 6.5

 

28.2 ± 6.6

 

0.74

 <20

42

8.8

49

10.2

0.49

 20-29

235

49.0

228

47.6

 

 30-34

94

19.6

107

22.3

 

 ≥35

109

22.7

95

19.8

 

Primiparity

199

41.5

205

42.8

0.68

≤High school education

335

69.8

319

66.6

0.29

Employed during pregnancy

195

40.6

177

37.0

0.24

Planned pregnancy

209

43.5

152

31.7

<0.001

No Prenatal care

19

4.0

75

15.7

<0.001

No Prenatal vitamin

68

14.2

119

24.8

<0.001

Smoked during pregnancy

1

0.2

4

0.8

0.22

Alcohol use during pregnancy

157

32.7

150

31.3

0.64

Illicit drug use during pregnancy

0

0.0

3

0.6

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Pre-pregnancy weight (kg)

58.0 ± 9.8

 

56.7 ± 10.0

 

0.04

Infant birth weight (grams)

3393 ± 462

 

1999 ± 663

 

<0.001

Low birth weight infant (<2500grams)

14

2.9

381

76.5

<0.001

  1. Continuous measures: Mean ± SD (SD = standard deviation).