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Table 4 Maternal characteristics stratified for response ten years after pregnancy (n = 8198)

From: Maternal cardiovascular adaptation to twin pregnancy: a population-based prospective cohort study

 

Visit ten years after pregnancy

(n = 4708)

No visit ten years after pregnancy

(n = 3490)

P-value

Maternal characteristics

 Age at intake (years)

30.6 (4.9)

28.0 (5.4)

< 0.001

 Non-Western ethnicity (%)

1734 (36.8)

1953 (56.0)

< 0.001

 Lower education (%)

2483 (52.7)

2541 (72.8)

< 0.001

 Nulliparous (%)

2900 (61.6)

1905 (54.6)

< 0.001

 Assisted conception (%)

280 (5.9)

274 (7.9)

0.01

 BMI at intake (kg/m2)

24.0 (19.6 to 33.2)

24.4 (19.3 to 35.0)

0.002

 Smoking during pregnancy (%)

1198 (25.4)

1212 (34.7)

< 0.001

Birth

 Gestational age at birth (weeks)

40.1 (36.9 to 42.1)

40.0 (36.3 to 42.1)

< 0.001

 Premature birth < 37 weeks (%)

241 (5.1)

246 (7.1)

< 0.001

 Premature birth < 34 weeks (%)

58 (1.2)

68 (1.9)

0.01

 Birth weight (g)

3411.0 (559.3)

3336.7 (601.0)

< 0.001

 Weight placenta (g)

640.0 (153.7)

644.2 (168.4)

0.79

  1. Data are represented as n (%), mean (SD) or as the median with the 90% range. Differences in baseline characteristics were tested using Student’s t, Mann-Whitney U and Chi-Square tests. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index