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Table 1 Demographic information on women with appendectomy before pregnancy

From: Appendectomy, cholecystectomy and diagnostic laparoscopy conducted before pregnancy and risk of adverse birth outcomes: a nationwide registry-based prevalence study 1996–2015

 

Time in months from appendectomy to conception

 

Pregnancies with appendectomy before (%)

0–11

12–23

24+

Maternal characteristics

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Total number of pregnancies

15,939 (100)

1694 (100)

1602 (100)

12,643 (100)

Maternal age, years

  < 20

231 (1.4)

88 (5.2)

73 (4.6)

70 (0.6)

 20–29

8207 (51.5)

940 (55.5)

914 (57.1)

6353 (50.2)

 30–39

7192 (45.1)

629 (37.1)

596 (37.2)

5967 (47.2)

 40–49

309 (1.9)

37 (2.2)

19 (1.2)

253 (2.0)

Parity

 Nulliparous

6285 (39.4)

714 (42.1)

691 (43.1)

4880 (38.6)

 Multiparous

8781 (55.1)

884 (52.2)

811 (50.6)

7086 (56.0)

 Missing information on parity

873 (5.5)

96 (5.7)

100 (6.2)

677 (5.4)

BMI, kg/m2

  < 18.5

457 (2.9)

63 (3.7)

36 (2.2)

358 (2.8)

 18.5–24.9

6099 (38.3)

483 (28.5)

480 (30.0)

5136 (40.6)

 25–29.9

2166 (13.6)

195 (11.5)

177 (11.0)

1794 (14.2)

  > =30

1363 (8.6)

115 (6.8)

96 (6.0)

1152 (9.1)

 Missing information on BMI

5854 (36.7)

838 (49.5)

813 (50.7)

4203 (33.2)

Smoking status

 Non-smokers

11,506 (72.2)

1107 (65.3)

1050 (65.5)

9349 (73.9)

 Smoking during pregnancy

2726 (17.1)

315 (18.6)

299 (18.7)

2112 (16.7)

 Missing information on smoking status

1707 (10.7)

272 (16.1)

253 (15.8)

1182 (9.3)

Maternal disease

 Diabetes

64 (0.4)

13 (0.8)

9 (0.6)

42 (0.3)

 Inflammatory disease

133 (0.8)

24 (1.4)

25 (1.6)

84 (0.7)

Vital status

 Liveborn

15,019 (94.2)

1593 (94.0)

1497 (93.4)

11,929 (94.4)

 Stillborn

47 (0.3)

5 (0.3)

5 (0.3)

37 (0.3)

 Missing information on vital status

873 (5.5)

96 (5.7)

100 (6.2)

677 (5.4)