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Table 2 Medical and obstetric characteristics of singleton birth mothers by ART status, Australia, 2007–2009

From: Risk factors associated with preterm birth among singletons following assisted reproductive technology in Australia 2007–2009–a population-based retrospective study

 

Non-ART

ART

P

(N = 381,345)

(N = 12,105)

No.

%

No.

%

Essential hypertension (a)

   

Yes

3,468

0.9

137

1.2

0.01

No

371,934

99.1

11,717

98.8

 

Diabetes mellitus (a)

   

Yes

2,447

0.7

78

0.7

0.93

No

372,954

99.4

11,776

99.3

 

Epilepsy (a)

    

Yes

2,007

0.5

54

0.5

0.24

No

373,395

99.5

11,800

99.5

 

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

   

Yes

16,850

4.4

742

6.1

<0.01

No

364,495

95.6

11,363

93.9

 

Gestational diabetes

   

Yes

19,075

5.0

904

7.5

<0.01

No

362,270

95.0

11,201

92.5

 

Antepartum haemorrhage

   

Yes

10,699

2.8

600

5.0

<0.01

No

370,632

97.2

11,505

95.0

 
  1. (a) Maternal pre-existing medical conditions including essential hypertension, diabetes mellitus and epilepsy were available in all but one jurisdiction in 2009 (N = 387,256), accounting for 98.43% of the study population.