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Table 1 Maternal and fetal features of fifty one exposed (betamethasone) and fiftyone non-exposed cases at the beginning of the study

From: The impact of betamethasone on fetal pulmonary, umbilical and middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry and its relationship with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome

Characteristic

Exposed

N = 51

Mean ± SD

Nonxposed

N = 51

Mean ± SD

P-value

Maternal age

28.02 ± 3.49

28.25 ± 3.14

0.19

Maternal body mass index (BMI) kg/m2

24.54 ± 1.46

24.40 ± 1.30

0.61

Gestational age (at entry)

30.90 ± 1.75

31.24 ± 1.65

0.31

Estimated fetal weight (EFW) (at entry)

1699.62 ± 373.6

1824.72 ± 321.0

0.073