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Table 4 Comparison of the health status of adolescent and other pregnancies among primigravida women

From: The hidden burden of adolescent pregnancies in rural Sri Lanka; findings of the Rajarata Pregnancy Cohort

 

Adolescent pregnancies

Non-adolescent pregnancies

Significance

n

%

n

%

BMI (kg/m2)

  < 18.5

81

35.5

156

20.0

Chi-Square

29.656

 18.5–22.9

87

38.2

296

37.8

p

 < 0.001

  >  = 23

60

26.3

331

42.2

  

 Total

228

 

783

   

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

  >  = 11

190

81.8

704

87.4

Chi-Square

6.979

 10–10.9

28

11.9

79

9.5

p

0.03

 8–9.9a

14

5.9

25

3.2

  

  < 8a

1

0.5

0

0.0

  

 Total

233

 

808

   

Feeling about pregnancy

 Very happy

179

84.8

668

92.2

Chi-Square

10.109

 Somewhat happya

20

9.5

47

6.2

p

0.001

 Same as pre-pregnancya

5

2.4

3

0.4

  

 Unhappya

1

0.5

0

0.0

  

 Extremely unhappya

6

2.8

9

1.2

  

 Total

211

 

747

   
  1. aThese categories were amalgamated within the question for statistical testing