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Table 1 Characteristics pregnant women receiving antenatal care in the interior of Suriname (N = 204)

From: Adequate antenatal care and ethnicity affect preterm birth in pregnant women living in the tropical rainforest of Suriname

t1.1

Variable

N = 204

(%)

Mean ± SD

N (%)

Mean ± SD

N (%)

Mean ± SD

p-value

t1.2

Age (years)

   

Tribal (N = 100)

 

Indigenous(N = 104)

  

t1.3

Mean

  

26 ± 7.24

 

28 ± 7.37

 

25 ± 6.85

 

t1.4

<  20

46

22.5

 

16 (16)

 

30 (28.8)

 

p = 0.041

t1.5

20–34

125

61.3

 

62 (62)

 

63 (60.6)

  

t1.6

≥ 35

33

16.2

 

22 (22)

 

11 (10.6)

  

t1.7

ANC no. of visits

        

t1.8

Mean

  

7.9 ± 2.2

 

8 ± 2.3

 

7.6 ± 2.1

 

t1.9

<  8

60

29.4

 

24 (24)

 

36 (34.6)

 

p = 0.103

t1.10

≥ 8

126

61.8

 

65 (65)

 

61 (58.7)

  

t1.11

Missing

18

8.8

 

11 (11.0)

 

7 (6.7)

  

t1.12

Parity

        

t1.13

Mean

  

2.7 ± 2.2

 

3 ± 2.5

 

2 ± 1.8

 

t1.14

<  1

38

18.6

 

14 (14.0)

 

24 (23.0)

 

p = 0.178

t1.15

≥ 1

163

79.7

 

84 (84.0)

 

79 (76.0)

  

t1.16

Missing

3

1.5

 

2 (2.0)

 

1 (1.0)

  
  1. ANC Antenatal care, SD Standard deviation.