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Table 3 Regular use of medication among 1156 women during pregnancy in relation to gestational age at delivery

From: Kuopio birth cohort – design of a Finnish joint research effort for identification of environmental and lifestyle risk factors for the wellbeing of the mother and the newborn child

Amount of regular medication

Total

n = 1156

Preterm birth

< 37 GWS

n = 71 (6.1)

Term birth

37–40 GWS

n = 849 (73.4)

Late-term birth

≥41 GWS

n = 236 (20.4)

No regular medication

928 (80)

52 (6)

683 (74)

193 (21)

Regular medication

228 (20)

19 (8)

166 (73)

43 (19)

 1 medication

124 (11)

9 (7)

89 (72)

26 (21)

 2 medications

60 (5)

6 (10)

89 (72)

26 (18)

  ≥ 3 medications

44 (4)

4 (9)

34 (77)

6 (14)

  1. Values are n (%) of all parturients. Gestational weeks (GWS)