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Table 4 Comparison of groups according to neonatal complications

From: Predictors of maternal and neonatal complications in women with severe valvular heart disease during pregnancy in Tunisia: a retrospective cohort study

 

NC+ (n = 24)

NC-(n = 37)

P value

Age (years)

32.45 ± 4.61

32.54 ± 6.09

0.95

Rural origin (%)

12(50)

17(45.9)

0.75

Low educational level (%)

13(54.2)

22(59.5)

0.68

Parity

2.29 ± 1.04

2.08 ± 1.21

0.3*

Gravidity

3.04 ± 1.65

2.59 ± 1.65

0.24*

Unwanted pregnancy (%)

13(54.2)

17(45.9)

0.53

Unfollowed pregnancy (%)

4(16.7)

7(18.9)

1**

Hypertension before pregnancy (%)

3(12.5)

2(5.4)

0.37**

Valve disease revealed during pregnancy (%)

16(66.7)

16(43.2)

0.07

NYHA≥2 (%)

14(58.3)

17(45.9)

0.34

Atrial fibrillation (%)

12(50)

11(29.7)

0.11

Maternal cardiac events (%)

20(83.3)

18(48.61)

0.006

Multiple valve disease (%)

11(45.8)

17(45.9)

0.99

Severe MS (%)

19(79.2)

25(67.6)

0.32

Severe AS (%)

3(12.5)

7(18.9)

0.7**

Severe MR (%)

4(16.7)

6(16.2)

1**

Severe AR (%)

1(4.1)

1(2.7)

1**

LVEF (%)

57.95 ± 8.49

59.5 ± 3.79

0.7*

PASP (mmHg)

58.6 ± 16.1

45 ± 13.8

0.003*

LA diameter (mm)

53.1 ± 8.3

49.29 ± 6.2

0.04

Anemia (%)

16(66.7)

21(56.8)

0.43

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

10.15 ± 1.22

10.36 ± 1.24

0.37*

Anticoagulant use (%)

9(37.5)

10(27)

0.38

Cardiac events (%)

20(83.3)

18(48.6)

0.006

Obstetric events (%)

14 (58.3)

6(16.2)

0.001

  1. AS Aortic stenosis, AR Aortic regurgitation, LVEF Left ventricle ejection fraction, LA Left atrium, MS Mitral stenosis, MR Mitral regurgitation, NC neonatal complications, NYHA New York Heart Association, PASP Mean pulmonary arterial systolic pressure
  2. *test U-Mann Whitney
  3. **Fisher test