Reduction of late stillbirth with the introduction of fetal movement information and guidelines – a clinical quality improvement

Table 2 Descriptive characteristics: women with DFM before and during the intervention

Characteristics	Women with DFM before the intervention* n = 1215 n (%)†	Women with DFM during the intervention* n = 3038 n (%)†	P‡
Age, y mean (SD)	29.6 (4.9)	29.6 (5.1)	0.625
BMI, kg/m ²
> 25	386 (36)	1014 (37)	0.474
Smoking habits
Smoking	104 (8.8)	259 (8.9)	0.924
Maternal age
> 35	196 (16.3)	528 (17.6)	0.324
Primiparity	559 (51)	1414 (52)	0.490
Parity
Para 0	559 (51)	1414 (52)	0.601
Para 1	372 (34)	878 (33)
Para 2+	163 (15)	409 (15)
Country of origin
Non-western	221 (20)	510 (18)	0.198

* Data are reported as n (%) unless otherwise noted.
† Denominators vary due to missing values
‡ Chi square tests for the difference between proportions within women with DFM before and during the intervention

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