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Table 1 Maternal and infant characteristics according to the interval between prelabor rupture of membranes and delivery

From: Prelabor rupture of membranes and the association with cerebral palsy in term born children: a national registry-based cohort study

 

Reference group

Intermediate intervala

Prolonged intervalb

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

 

Number of births

494,881

(100)

34,759

(100)

30,332

(100)

P-value

Maternal agee

  < 19

11,681

(2.4)

784

(2.3)

623

(2.1)

 

 20–34

401,202

(81)

28,727

(83)

24,609

(81)

 

  > 35

81,977

(17)

5245

(15)

5097

(17)

0.55c

Parity

 Para 0

185,723

(38)

21,827

(63)

19,257

(64)

 

  > 0 Para

309,158

(63)

12,932

(37)

11,075

(37)

< 0.001c

Any maternal diagnosis before pregnancy

204,310

(41)

14,545

(42)

13,391

(44)

< 0.001c

Any maternal diagnosis during pregnancy

145,583

(29)

9959

(29)

8889

(29)

0.096c

Diabetes mellitusf

 Diagnosed before pregnancy

2671

(0.5)

221

(0.6)

164

(0.5)

 

 Gestational

4462

(0.9)

375

(1.1)

285

(0.9)

0.007d

Thyroid disease

6888

(1.4)

495

(1.4)

465

(1.5)

0.046c

Recurrent urinary tract infection

15,458

(3.1)

1173

(3.4)

1105

(3.6)

< 0.001c

Chronic kidney disease

2707

(0.5)

178

(0.5)

160

(0.5)

0.45c

In vitro fertilizationg

6904

(1.4)

706

(2.0)

675

(2.2)

< 0.001c

Presentationh

 Cephalic

454,795

(93)

31,640

(91)

27,636

(92)

 

 Non-cephalic

36,624

(8)

2960

(9)

2489

(9)

< 0.001c

Induction

42,894

(9)

4139

(12)

10,065

(33)

< 0.001c

Caesarean sectioni

 Elective

29,941

(6)

58

(0.2)

175

(0.6)

 

 Acute

33,704

(7)

4487

(13)

4427

(15)

 

 No

430,475

(87)

30,179

(87)

25,684

(85)

< 0.001d

Sex

 Male

251,018

(51)

18,348

(53)

15,876

(52)

 

 Female

243,863

(49)

16,411

(47)

14,456

(48)

< 0.001c

Small for gestational age

7140

(1.4)

367

(1.1)

407

(1.3)

< 0.001c

Apgar at 5 minutesj

 0–3

1493

(0.3)

126

(0.4)

95

(0.3)

 

 4–6

3103

(0.6)

404

(1.2)

384

(1.3)

 

 7–10

489,117

(99)

34,190

(99)

29,815

(98)

< 0.001c

  1. a12–24 h between prelabor rupture of membranes (PROM) and delivery; b >  24 h between PROM and delivery
  2. c Linear-by-linear test for association
  3. d Kruskal-Wallis
  4. e Information on maternal age was missing in 21 children in the reference group, 3 children in the intermediate and in 3 children in the prolonged interval group
  5. f Information on Diabetes Mellitus was missing in 266 children in the reference group, 32 in the intermediate and 18 children in the prolonged interval group
  6. g Information on IVF was missing in 731 children in the reference group, 82 children in the intermediate and 63 children in the prolonged interval group
  7. h Information on Presentation was missing in 3462 children in the reference group, 159 children in the intermediate and 207 children in the prolonged interval group
  8. i Information on Caesarean section was missing in 761 children in the reference group, 35 children in the intermediate and 46 in the prolonged interval group
  9. j Information on Apgar was missing in 1168 children in the reference group, 39 children in the intermediate group and 38 children in the prolonged interval group