Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021
Synopsis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Pregnancy Outcomes According to Gestational Age at Time of Infection
Table 2
Baseline characteristics before and after covariate matching of the mothers of the 10,758 live neonates in Europe included in final analysis (after removing 167 patients with pregnancy losses) in PregOutCOV study of pregnancy outcomes according to gestational age at time of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2*
Characteristic |
Before matching |
After matching |
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Unexposed, n = 1,0370 |
Exposed, n = 388 |
ASD† |
Unexposed, n = 10,370 |
Exposed, n = 388 |
ASD‡ |
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Mean age, y (SD) |
33.11 (+5.43) |
33.31 (+5.61) |
3.67 |
33.11 (+5.42) |
33.13 (+5.55) |
0.44 |
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Origin | |||||||
Europe, Middle East, North Africa | 78.52 | 77.58 | 2.29 | 78.49 | 78.51 | 0.07 | |
Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean | 13.63 | 17.27 | 10.08 | 13.76 | 13.75 | 0.04 | |
Not mentioned by the patient | 6.85 | 3.87 | 13.29 | 6.73 | 6.76 | 0.11 | |
Not available |
1.00 |
1.29 |
2.75 |
1.02 |
0.98 |
0.41 |
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Prepregnancy BMI, kg/m2 (SD) | 25.65 (+5.99) | 26.72 (+5.92) | 17.83 | 25.71 (+6.05) | 25.70 (+5.31) | 0.11 | |
Multiparity | 53.78 | 59.28 | 11.10 | 53.96 | 53.96 | 0.01 | |
Smoking | 12.10 | 11.34 | 2.36 | 12.10 | 12.06 | 0.12 | |
Chronic hypertension | 1.26 | 1.29 | 0.24 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 0.10 |
*Values are % pregnant women except as indicated. ASD, absolute standardized difference; BMI, body mass index. †ASDs before matching show heterogeneity between the exposed and unexposed groups. ‡ASDs after matching show a balance between the exposed and unexposed groups.