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Table 3 Pregnancy outcome in study population at UKM Medical Center from 1st January 2013 until 31st December 2019

From: Use of the Arabin pessary in women at high risk for preterm birth: long-term experience at a single tertiary center in Malaysia

Birth outcome, n = 58, n (%)

  > 37 weeks gestation

29 (50.0)

 Preterm livebirth (24+ 0 to 36+ 6)

22 (37.9)

 Preterm stillbirth

1 (1.8)

 Miscarriage

6 (10.3)

 Total birth ≥34 weeks gestation

43 (74.1)

Type of labor, n = 52, n (%)

 Spontaneous

48 (92.3)

 Induction of labor

4 (7.7)

Mode of delivery, n = 52, n (%)

 Spontaneous vaginal

34 (65.4)

 Instrumental

0 (0)

 Caesarean section

18 (34.6)

 Elective

5 (27.8)

 Emergency

13 (72.2)

Median gestational age at birth, weeks (IQR)

37.0 (33.6–37.7)

Preterm live birth (weeks), n (%)

22

 Late (34–36+ 6)

14 (63.6)

 Moderate (32–33+ 6)

2 (9.1)

 Very (28–31+ 6)

1 (4.6)

 Extreme (< 28)

5 (22.7)

Median birthweight, (g) (IQR)

2700.0 (1842.0–2920.0)

Live birthweight, (g), n (%)

51

  ≥ 2000

42 (82.4)

 1500–1990

3 (5.8)

 1000–1490

2 (4.0)

  < 1000

4 (7.8)

NICU admission, n (%)

11 (19.0)

  1. NICU neonatal intensive care unit