Table 1 Baseline demographic, clinical, and obstetrical characteristics of women carrying a fetus with CHD compared to women with a non-anomalous pregnancy
From: Fetal congenital heart disease - mode of delivery and obstetrical complications
Characteristic | CHD n = 105 | Non-CHD n = 511 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age, years | 30 (27–33.5) | 30 (26–33) | 0.2 |
Gravity | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–3) | 0.09 |
Parity | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0.36 |
Nulliparity | 38 (36.1%) | 203 (39.7%) | 0.5 |
Prior cesarean delivery | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.43 |
Body mass index, Kg/m2 | 22.18 (20.2–25.7) | 22.23 (20.3–24.3) | 0.58 |
Smoking | 5 (4.7%) | 6 (1.1%) | 0.01 |
Chronic medication use | 20 (19.%) | 59 (11.5%) | 0.03 |
Chronic disease: | 22 (20.9%) | 80 (15.6%) | 0.18 |
APLA syndrome | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.3%) | 0.52 |
Asthma | 0 (0%) | 9 (1.%) | 0.17 |
Epilepsy | 2 (1.9%) | 5 (0.9%) | 0.41 |
Inherited thrombophilia | 2 (1.9%) | 5 (0.9%) | 0.41 |
T1DM/T2DM | 11 (10.4%) | 44 (8.6%) | 0.07 |
Hypothyroidism | 10 (9.5%) | 18 (3.5%) | < 0.01 |
Hyperthyroidism | 1 (0.9%) | 4 (0.7%) | 0.86 |
Chronic hypertension | 5 (4.7%) | 32 (6.2%) | 0.55 |