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Table 4 Women with specific chronic diseases with regular prescription medications initiated before pregnancy in relation to the 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

 

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)

Thyroid diseases

96 (8)

7 (7)

71 (74)

18 (19)

Asthma

60 (5)

6 (10)

43 (72)

11 (18)

Mental health conditions

45 (4)

4 (9)

32 (71)

9 (20)

Neurological diseases

7 (0.6)

1 (14)

2 (29)

4 (58)

Diabetes

10 (0.9)

3 (30)

7 (70)

0

Inflammatory bowel diseases

13 (1)

0

10 (77)

3 (23)

Hypertension

13 (1)

5 (39)

8 (62)

0

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