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Table 4 Background characteristics and pregnancy outcomes in relation to prenatal screening or diagnostic procedures in the Swedish Pregnancy Register 2011 to 2013 (N = 284,789)

From: Prenatal diagnosis in Sweden 2011 to 2013—a register-based study

Variable

CUBa

CVSb

ACc

All othersd

Test of differencee

 

n = 92,207

n = 2983

n = 7318

n = 186,092

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Maternal agef, primiparous women (years)

 Mean (SD)g

31.34 (5.17)

 

33.79 (5.74)

 

33.65 (6.11)

 

27.09 (4.58)

 

<0.001

 Min-max

15.09–56.30

 

17.29–49.03

 

16.74–49.83

 

13–54

  

 Median (IQR)h

31.34 (7.32)

 

34.41 (8.38)

 

34.92 (9.15)

 

27.51 (6.41)

  

Maternal agef, multiparous women (years)

 Mean (SD)g

34.45 (4.45)

 

36.87 (4.65)

 

37.13 (4.66)

 

30.29 (4.52)

 

<0.001

 Min-max

16.41–55.34

 

19.10–51.76

 

16.41–48.68

 

15–57

  

 Median (IQR)h

34.97 (5.72)

 

37.58 (5.66)

 

37.82 (5.45)

 

30.87 (6.07)

  

Maternal agef in age-groups (years)

  < 20

388

0.4

8

0.3

23

0.3

3566

1.9

 

 20–24

5863

6.4

99

3.3

313

4.3

32,702

17.6

 

 25–29

17,617

19.1

300

10.1

733

10.0

65,926

35.4

 

 30–34

31,792

34.5

649

21.8

1314

18.0

62,944

33.8

 

 35–39

30,179

32.7

1262

42.3

3148

43.0

17,676

9.5

 

 40–44

6093

6.6

628

21.1

1675

22.9

2991

1.6

 

  > 44

270

0.3

36

1.2

109

1.5

211

0.1

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

 Mean (SD)g

24.40 (4.34)

 

24.10 (4.10)

 

24.94 (4.52)

 

24.99 (4.80)

 

<0.001

 Min-max

13.82–56.65

 

15.24–51.31

 

15.24–50.69

 

13.03–71.63

  

 Median (IQR)h

23.45 (5.0)

 

23.18 (5.0)

 

24.01 (5.0)

 

23.95 (6.0)

  

  < 18.5

1965

2.2

52

1.8

121

1.7

4766

2.6

 

 18.5–24.99

56,723

63.2

1918

66.3

4140

58.2

103,359

57.2

 

 25–29.99

21,639

24.1

663

22.9

1926

27.1

47,160

26.1

 

 30–34.99

6863

7.6

195

6.7

652

9.2

17,741

9.8

 

 35.39.99

1992

2.2

48

1.7

203

2.9

5744

3.2

 

  ≥ 40

629

0.7

18

0.6

68

1.0

2071

1.1

 

Educational level

 Elementary school

3242

4.1

69

2.7

334

5.3

17,353

11.2

<0.001

 High school

24,324

31.1

608

23.7

2078

33.1

69,523

44.8

 

 University

50,763

64.8

1887

73.6

3869

61.6

68,302

44.0

 

Main occupation

 Employed

72,519

80.3

2439

83.7

5582

77.8

118,371

65.0

<0.001

 Student

6467

7.2

146

5.0

524

7.3

24,121

13.3

 

 Parental leave

5059

5.6

149

5.1

459

6.4

15,002

8.2

 

 Unemployed

3320

3.7

78

2.7

294

4.1

11,601

6.4

 

 Sick leave

1306

1.4

36

1.2

119

1.7

3009

1.7

 

 Other

1610

1.8

66

2.3

194

2.7

9897

5.4

 

Country of birth

 Sweden

76,276

84.5

2482

85.4

5876

81.8

139,881

76.7

<0.001

 Other Nordic countriesi

904

1.0

31

1.1

74

1.0

1406

0.8

 

 Europej

3971

4.4

102

3.5

332

4.6

8617

4.7

 

 Africa

1243

1.4

37

1.3

127

1.8

9438

5.2

 

 Asia

6132

6.8

196

6.7

590

8.2

18,955

10.4

 

 Other

1727

1.9

57

2.0

180

2.5

4007

2.2

 

Smoking 3 months prior to pregnancy

9583

10.5

229

7.7

751

10.3

28,659

15.6

<0.001

Smoking at first ANCk visit

3445

3.8

76

2.6

347

4.8

12,144

6.6

<0.001

Smoking at 32 weeks of gestation

2527

2.8

48

1.6

289

4.0

9238

5.0

<0.001

Use of snuff 3 month prior to pregnancy

2493

2.7

64

2.2

213

2.9

7268

3.9

<0.001

Use of snuff at first ANC visit

646

0.7

22

0.7

85

1.2

2134

1.2

<0.001

Use of snuff at 32 weeks of gestation

385

0.4

13

0.4

41

0.6

1303

0.7

<0.001

Alcohol screening (AUDIT)l

81,686

90.3

2568

88.4

6313

86.3

158,335

87.0

<0.001

AUDIT-scorem

 Mean (SD)

2.34 (1.96

 

2.26 (1.74)

 

2.12 (1.90

 

2.11 (2.32)

  

 Min-max

0–38

 

0–18

 

0–29

 

0–40

  

 Median (IQR)h

2.00 (2)

 

2.00 (2)

 

2.00 (2)

 

2.00 (3)

  

  ≤ 5p

76,786

94.5

2462

96.3

6012

95.7

82,067

94.6

<0.001

  ≥ 6p

4485

5.5

95

3.7

270

4.3

4703

5.4

 

Self-rated health prior to pregnancy

 Very good

25,990

33.0

834

32.5

1887

30.5

44,643

28.3

<0.001

 Good

44,563

56.6

1433

55.9

3489

56.5

93,611

59.4

 

 Neither good nor poor

5877

7.5

217

8.5

583

9.4

14,047

8.9

 

 Poor

1817

2.3

64

2.5

187

3.0

4334

2.7

 

 Very poor

440

0.6

15

0.6

34

0.6

1056

0.7

 

Counselling due to fear of childbirth

8900

9.7

324

10.9

745

10.2

12,023

6.5

<0.001

Treatment of psychiatric disorder

6002

6.5

185

6.3

533

7.3

11,275

6.1

<0.001

Gestational age (days)

 Mean (SD)g

278.0 (13.7)

 

276.6 (15.0)

 

276.5 (15.4)

 

278.0 (13.8)

 

0.326

 Min-max

154–301

 

158–300

 

157–301

 

154–301

  

 Median (IQR)h

280.0 (13.0)

 

279.0 (13.0)

 

279 (15.0)

 

280 (13.00)

  

Mode of delivery

 Vaginal

6885

73.9

2079

70.2

5133

70.3

145,486

78.5

<0.001

 Instrumental

6376

6.9

163

5.5

392

5.4

12,468

6.7

 

 Caesarean section

17,574

19.1

721

24.3

1772

24.3

27,405

14.8

 

Caesarean section (CS) n

 Elective CSn

8650

49.3

297

58.7

916

51.7

10,700

39.1

<0.001

 Emergency CSn

8893

50.7

422

41.3

855

48.3

16,639

60.9

 

Birth weight (grams)o

 Mean (SD)g

3549 (552)

 

3531 (585)

 

3510 (620)

 

3539 (557)

 

0.001

 Min-max

310–6270

 

400–5710

 

370–5776

 

300–6640

  

 Median (IQR)h

3560 (665)

 

3555 (686)

 

3548 (706)

 

3545 (680)

  
  1. aCUB = Combined Ultrasound and Biochemical test
  2. bCVS = Chorionic Villus Sampling
  3. cAC = Amniocentesis
  4. dAll others = Pregnant women who did not undergo any of the prenatal diagnostic procedures CUB, CVS or AC
  5. eTest of difference between the two groups; pregnant women who underwent CUB and “all others” using t-test for continuous variables and Pearson’s Chi-Square test for categorical variables
  6. fMaternal age at delivery
  7. gSD = Standard Deviation
  8. hIQR = Interquartile Range
  9. i Other Nordic countries includes Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark
  10. j The Nordic countries excluded
  11. kAntenatal care
  12. l Assessment of use of alcohol prior to pregnancy with screening instrument Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)
  13. mAUDIT score range from 0 to 40
  14. nCaesarean section
  15. oSingletons exclusively included in analysis