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Table 3 Birth Outcomes by joint trajectory groups

From: Blood pressure trajectories during pregnancy and associations with adverse birth outcomes among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in South Africa: a group-based trajectory modelling approach

 

Total

Group 1: Normal

Group 2:

Low Normal

Group 3:

High Normal

Group 4:

Abnormal

P value*

Gestational Age (weeks) (%)

N = 1532

N = 764

N = 382

N = 316

N = 70

< 0.0001

 Term (≥ 37)

1262 (82)

642 (84)

341 (89)

244 (77)

35 (50)

 

 Any Preterm (<  37)

270 (18)

122 (16)

41 (11)

72 (23)

35 (50)

 

  Late Preterm (34–37)

93 (6)

45 (6)

19 (5)

20 (7)

9 (13)

 

  Moderately Preterm (32–34)

120 (8)

52 (7)

14 (4)

38 (12)

16 (23)

 

  Very Preterm (28–32)

57 (4)

25 (3)

8 (2)

14 (4)

10 (14)

 

Birthweight (g) (%)

N = 1530

N = 763

N = 384

N = 312

N = 71

< 0.0001

 Normal (≥2500)

1333 (87)

675 (88)

342 (89)

268 (86)

48 (68)

 

 Any LBW (< 2500)

197 (13)

88 (12)

42 (11)

44 (14)

23 (32)

 

  LBW (< 2500)

159 (10)

75 (10)

37 (10)

34 (11)

13 (18)

 

  Very LBW (< 1500)

38 (3)

13 (2)

5 (1)

10 (3)

10 (14)

 

 Mean (SD)

3116 (644)

3146 (616)

3158 (550)

3110 (686)

2580 (934)

 
  1. All the variables had < 4% missing data, with similar proportions of missing data across the comparison groups