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Table 1 Characteristics of women born in Sweden; 13,029 women registered at a maternity clinic randomized to Mindfetalness and 13,456 women registered at a maternity clinic randomized to routine care

From: A decrease in cesarean sections and labor inductions among Swedish women by awareness of fetal movements with the Mindfetalness method

 

Mindfetalness

n (%)

Routine care

n (%)

Agea

 ≤ 24

832 (6.4)

694 (5.2)

 25–29

3429 (26.3)

3314 (24.6)

 30–34

5194 (39.9)

5331 (39.6)

 ≥ 35

3574 (27.4)

4117 (30.6)

Education levelb

 Shorter than 9 years

24 (0.2)

17 (0.1)

 Elementary school

333 (2.6)

241 (1.8)

 High school

3290 (25.3)

3112 (23.1)

 University

8784 (67.4)

9090 (67.6)

Parityc

 Primipara

5942 (45.6)

6305 (46.9)

 Multipara

7021 (53.9)

7105 (52.8)

Previous stillbirth

66 (0.5)

38 (0.3)

Tobacco user at registration at the maternity clinicc

500 (3.8)

390 (2.9)

Civic statusc

 Cohabiting with becoming father

12,211 (93.7)

12,458 (92.6)

 Single

141 (1.1)

208 (1.5)

 Other family situation

382 (2.9)

467 (3.5)

Body Mass Indexd

 < 18.5

351 (2.7)

286 (2.1)

 18.5–24.9

8289 (63.6)

8481 (63.0)

 25.0–29.9

2591 (19.9)

2874 (21.4)

 30.0–34.9

855 (6.6)

888 (6.6)

 ≥ 35.0

354 (2.7)

308 (2.3)

Assisted reproductionc

797 (6.1)

889 (6.6)

Maternal diseases

 Diabetes mellitus

17 (0.1)

16 (0.1)

 Coronary heart disease

209 (1.6)

229 (1.7)

 Thrombosis

110 (0.8)

125 (0.9)

 Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

15 (0.1)

29 (0.2)

 Psychiatric care

2073 (15.9)

2208 (16.4)

 Endocrine disease

845 (6.5)

1007 (7.5)

 Epilepsy

62 (0.5)

75 (0.6)

 Chronic hypertension

51 (0.4)

79 (0.6)

 Other disease

1364 (10.5)

1408 (10.5)

 Medication or psychological treatment for mental illness

958 (7.4)

758 (5.6)

  1. aMean: 32.2 vs. 32.6 (SE 0.04 vs. 0.04), Median: 32.0 vs. 32.4, Range 15.752.0 vs. 16.452.1, Interquartile range 28.835.4 vs. 29.335.8
  2. bMissing: Mindfetalness n = 598 (4.6%); Routine care n = 996 (7.4%)
  3. cMissing: Mindfetalness n = 66 (0.5%); Routine care n = 46 (0.3%)
  4. dMissing: Mindfetalness n = 589 (4.5%); Routine care n = 619 (4.6%)