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Table 1 Characteristics of 42,196 Singleton Deliveries in Shenzhen 2017–2019

From: Association of maternal obesity with preterm birth phenotype and mediation effects of gestational diabetes mellitus and preeclampsia: a prospective cohort study

Parameters

Full-term birth (n = 39,428)

Preterm birth (n = 2768)

All (n = 42,196)

P

Maternal age (years), mean ± SD

31.22 ± 4.43

31.80 ± 4.86

31.26 ± 4.46

< 0.001

Maternal age group

   

< 0.001

  < 35 years, n (%)

30,029 (76.16%)

1942 (70.16%)

31,971 (75.77%)

 

  ≥ 35 years, n (%)

9399 (23.84%)

826 (29.84%)

10,225 (24.23%)

 

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD

21.06 ± 2.82

21.47 ± 3.13

21.08 ± 2.84

< 0.001

Pre-pregnancy BMI group a

   

< 0.001

 Underweight, n (%)

6479 (16.43%)

431 (15.57%)

6910 (16.38%)

 

 Normal weight, n (%)

29,606 (75.09%)

1993 (72.00%)

31,599 (74.89%)

 

 Overweight, n (%)

2996 (7.60%)

299 (10.80%)

3295 (7.81%)

 

 Obesity, n (%)

347 (0.88%)

45 (1.63%)

392 (0.93%)

 

Educational levels

   

< 0.001

 High school, n (%)

8317 (24.36%)

689 (29.57%)

9006 (24.69%)

 

 Bachelor, n (%)

22,425 (65.69%)

1458 (62.58%)

23,883 (65.49%)

 

 Master, n (%)

3398 (9.95%)

183 (7.85%)

3581 (9.82%)

 

Nulliparous

   

0.068

 No, n (%)

2137 (5.45%)

173 (6.28%)

2310 (5.51%)

 

 Yes, n (%)

37,040 (94.55%)

2581 (93.72%)

39,621 (94.49%)

 

Parity, mean ± SD

0.60 ± 0.61

0.62 ± 0.63

0.60 ± 0.62

0.284

Parity group

   

0.344

 0, n (%)

17,851 (46.16%)

1244 (45.47%)

19,095 (46.11%)

 

 1, n (%)

18,688 (48.32%)

1319 (48.21%)

20,007 (48.31%)

 

 2–3, n (%)

2110 (5.46%)

170 (6.21%)

2280 (5.51%)

 

  ≥ 4, n (%)

27 (0.07%)

3 (0.11%)

30 (0.07%)

 

ART

   

< 0.001

 No, n (%)

38,203 (96.89%)

2612 (94.36%)

40,815 (96.73%)

 

 Yes, n (%)

1225 (3.11%)

156 (5.64%)

1381 (3.27%)

 

GDM

   

< 0.001

 No, n (%)

33,236 (84.30%)

2174 (78.54%)

35,410 (83.92%)

 

 Yes, n (%)

6192 (15.70%)

594 (21.46%)

6786 (16.08%)

 

PE

   

< 0.001

 No, n (%)

39,034 (99.00%)

2479 (89.56%)

41,513 (98.38%)

 

 Yes, n (%)

394 (1.00%)

289 (10.44%)

683 (1.62%)

 
  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, ART Assisted reproduction technology, GDM Gestational diabetes mellitus, PE Preeclampsia
  2. Significant p-values are emphasized in bold font
  3. a underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (BMI 18.5–25 kg/m2), overweight (BMI 25-30 kg/m2), (BMI ≥30 kg/m2)