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Table 2 Pregnancy outcomes

From: Pregnancy outcomes in asylum seekers in the North of the Netherlands: a retrospective documentary analysis

Indicator

Asylum seekers

(n = 344)

Dutch population

(n = 2323)

p value

Maternal mortalitya

0 (0)

0 (0)

–

Perinatal mortality

11 (3.2)

14 (0.6)

0.000

Gestational age at delivery in daysb

  

0.000

 Median

277

272

 

 Range

166–302

112–296

 

Uncertain due datec

114 (33.1)

52 (2.2)

0.000

Prematurity (< 37 weeks)

44 (12.8)

248 (10.7)

0.242

Birth weightd

  

0.000

 Median

3265

3385

 

 Range

780–5050

920–5100

 

SGAe

41 (13.9)

172 (8.4)

0.002

APGAR score after 5 min

  

0.054

 Median (Mean)

10 (9.26)

10 (9.62)

 

 Range

0–10

0–10

 

Postnatal hospitalization mother in days

  

0.006

 Median (Mean)

1 (2.24)

1 (1.72)

 

 Range

0–20

0–27

 

IUFD

8 (2.3)

4 (0.2)

0.000

Start of labour

 Spontaneous start

175 (50.9)

985 (42.4)

0.003

 Inducing labour

127 (36.9)

1018 (43.8)

0.016

 Primary caesarean section

42 (12.2)

320 (13.8)

0.429

Mode of delivery

 Spontaneous birth

188 (54.7)

1317 (56.7)

0.476

 Vacuum or forceps assisted delivery

63 (18.3)

371 (16.0)

0.272

 Caesarean section

93 (27.0)

635 (27.3)

0.907

Pain management

 Opioid analgesic

94 (27.3)

512 (22.0)

0.029

 Epidural

79 (23.0)

438 (18.9)

0.072

  1. Data are expressed as n (%) except where otherwise indicated
  2. SGA, Small for gestational age; IUFD, Intrauterine foetal death
  3. aMissing data: 58 from Asylum seekers and 296 from Dutch population
  4. bMissing data: 1 from Dutch population
  5. cMissing data: 4 from Dutch population
  6. dMissing data: 2 from asylum seekers and 10 from the Dutch population
  7. eMissing data: 49 from Asylum seekers and 275 from Dutch population