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Table 1 Maternal descriptive characteristics of study population: singleton term deliveries in Minnesota 2011–2017

From: Population based cohort study of fetal deaths, and neonatal and perinatal mortality at term within a Somali diaspora

 

Ethnicity/Birthplace n (%)

Maternal variables

U.S. White

U.S. Black

Somali

Hispanic

Total

Age (years) a

     

18–25

63,060 (21.1)

10,402 (51.9)

2333 (17.3)

18,599 (41.1)

94,394 (25.0)

26–35

201,024 (67.3)

8334 (41.6)

9194 (68.1)

22,370 (49.5)

240,922 (63.8)

36–45

34,581 (11.6)

1290 (6.4)

1976 (14.6)

4263 (9.4)

42,110 (11.2)

Total

298,665

20,026

13,503

45,232

377,426

Frequency Missing = 0

     

BMI Category (kg/m2) a

Underweight

5784 (2.1)

420 (2.3)

443 (3.54)

846 (2.0)

7493 (2.1)

Normal

132,312 (47.0)

5718 (31.2)

4353 (34.8)

14,724 (35.5)

157,107 (44.4)

Overweight

75,093 (26.7)

4816 (26.3)

4339 (34.7)

12,978 (31.3)

97,226 (27.5)

Obese

68,142 (24.2)

7375 (40.2)

3387 (27.1)

12,918 (31.2)

91,822 (26.0)

Total

281,331

18,329

12,522

41,466

353,648

Frequency Missing = 23,778

     

Education a

Less than high school

11,255 (3.8)

3484 (17.4)

7049 (52.2)

15,064 (33.3)

36,852 (9.8)

High school

40,922 (13.7)

6447 (32.2)

3232 (23.9)

12,692 (28.1)

63,293 (16.8)

College or Graduate

199,329 (66.7)

9440 (47.1)

3111 (23.0)

15,649 (34.6)

227,529 (60.3)

Post Graduate

47,140 (15.8)

651 (3.3)

107 (0.8)

1820 (4.0)

49,718 (13.2)

Unknown

19 (0.01)

4 (0.02)

4 (0.03)

7 (0.02)

34 (0.01)

Total

298,665

20,026

13,503

45,232

377,426

Parity a

Nulliparous

118,245 (39.7)

6849 (34.3)

2230 (16.6)

13,513 (30.0)

140,837 (37.4)

Parous

179,453 (60.3)

13,116 (65.7)

11,215 (83.4)

31,570 (70.0)

235,354 (62.6)

Total

297,698

19,965

13,445

45,083

376,191

Frequency Missing = 1235

     

Diabetes a

No diabetes mellitus

281,101 (94.1)

18,730 (93.5)

12,189 (90.3)

40,476 (89.5)

352,496 (93.4)

Pregestational diabetes

1624 (0.5)

201 (1.0)

142 (1.1)

578 (1.3)

2545 (0.7)

Gestational diabetes

15,938 (5.3)

1095 (5.5)

1172 (8.7)

4177 (9.2)

22,382 (5.9)

Total

298,663

20,026

13,503

45,231

377,423

Frequency Missing = 3

     

Hypertension a

No hypertension

280,109 (93.8)

18,204 (90.9)

13,047 (96.6)

42,937 (94.9)

354,297 (93.9)

Chronic hypertension

2890 (1.0)

517 (2.6)

56 (0.4)

417 (0.9)

3880 (1.0)

Gestational hypertension

15,662 (5.2)

1305 (6.5)

400 (3.0)

1878 (4.2)

19,245 (5.1)

Total

298,661

20,026

13,503

45,232

377,422

Frequency Missing = 4

     
  1. a: Chi square P < 0.01
  2. b: ANOVA P < 0.01