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Table 5 Infant characteristics and birth outcome (N = 1694)

From: Birth outcomes in a Swedish population of women reporting a history of violence including domestic violence during pregnancy: a longitudinal cohort study

Characteristics

Total

History of violence1

P

Total n (%)

No

Yes

n (%)

1687 (100)

n (%)

1031 (61.1)

n (%)

656 (38.9)

Gestational week

   

0.049

 Premature < 37 weeks

88 (5.2)

45 (4.4)

43 (6.6)

 

 Full term ≄37 weeks

1599 (94.8)

986 (95.6)

613 (93.4)

 

Missing = 7

 Infant biological sex

   

0.212

 Female

829 (49.3)

494 (48.1)

335 (51.2)

 

 Male

851 (50.7)

533 (51.9)

319 (48.8)

 

Missing = 13

 Apgar at 5 min

   

0.634

  <  7

  ≄ 7

18 (1.1)

1669 (98.9)

10 (1.0)

1021 (99.0)

8 (1.2)

648 (98.8)

 

Missing = 7

 Infant weight

   

0.742

  <  2500 g

50 (3.0)

28 (2.7)

22 (3.4)

 

  2500–4000

1293 (77.3)

790 (77.4)

503 (77.3)

 

  >  4000 g

329 (19.7)

203 (19.9)

126 (19.4)

 

Missing = 22

 Transferred to NICU

   

0.210

  Yes

89 (5.9)

49 (5.3)

40 (6.8)

 

  No

1424 (94.1)

879 (94.7)

545 (93.2)

 

Missing = 181

  1. Pre-specified level of statistical significance < 0.05, two-tailed
  2. 1) Reported experience of emotional, physical or sexual abuse during pregnancy irrespective severity