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Table 1 General characteristic of study population

From: The relationship between severe maternal morbidity and a risk of postpartum readmission among Korean women: a nationwide population-based cohort study

 

Total

(N = 90,035)

No SMM

(N = 87,994)

SMM

(N = 2041)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Postpartum readmission

 No

89,178

(99.05)

87,187

(99.08)

1991

(97.55)

 Yes

857

(0.95)

807

(0.92)

50

(2.45)

Maternal characteristics

 Maternal age (years)

  15–19

298

(0.33)

284

(0.32)

14

(0.69)

  20–24

4151

(4.61)

4055

(4.61)

96

(4.70)

  25–29

28,212

(31.33)

27,737

(31.52)

475

(23.27)

  30–34

42,410

(47.10)

41,492

(47.15)

918

(44.98)

  35–39

13,170

(14.63)

12,739

(14.48)

431

(21.12)

  40+

1794

(1.99)

1687

(1.92)

107

(5.24)

 Income level

  1Q

8472

(9.41)

8244

(9.37)

228

(11.17)

  2Q

13,185

(14.64)

12,881

(14.64)

304

(14.89)

  3Q

23,587

(26.20)

23,074

(26.22)

513

(25.13)

  4Q

29,342

(32.59)

28,708

(32.62)

634

(31.06)

  5Q

15,449

(17.16)

15,087

(17.15)

362

(17.74)

 Type of insurance

  Self-employed insured

26,225

(29.13)

25,558

(29.05)

667

(32.68)

  Employee insured

63,527

(70.56)

62,167

(70.65)

1360

(66.63)

  Medical aid

283

(0.31)

269

(0.31)

14

(0.69)

 Residential area

  Rural

26,636

(29.58)

25,976

(29.52)

660

(32.34)

  Urban

63,399

(70.42)

62,018

(70.48)

1381

(67.66)

 Working status

  Work

25,055

(27.83)

24,500

(27.84)

555

(27.19)

  Not work

64,980

(72.17)

63,494

(72.16)

1486

(72.81)

 Mode of delivery

  Spontaneous vaginal delivery

31,990

(35.53)

31,617

(35.93)

373

(18.28)

  Instrumental delivery

24,648

(27.38)

24,229

(27.53)

419

(20.53)

  Cesarean section delivery

33,397

(37.09)

32,148

(36.53)

1249

(61.20)

 Parity

  1 (Nulliparous)

60,081

(66.73)

58,547

(66.54)

1534

(75.16)

  2

26,573

(29.51)

26,126

(29.69)

447

(21.90)

  3+

3381

(3.76)

3321

(3.77)

60

(2.94)

 Twin birth status

  Singleton

88,944

(98.79)

87,013

(98.89)

1931

(94.61)

  Twin

1091

(1.21)

981

(1.11)

110

(5.39)

 Comorbidities during pregnancy

  0

73,743

(81.90)

72,500

(82.39)

1243

(60.90)

  1+

16,292

(18.10)

15,494

(17.61)

798

(37.10)

Hospital characteristics

 Type of hospital

  Primary

42,542

(47.25)

41,973

(47.70)

569

(27.88)

  Secondary

38,200

(42.43)

37,578

(42.71)

622

(30.48)

  Tertiary

9293

(10.32)

8443

(9.59)

850

(41.65)

  1. SMM severe maternal morbidity