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Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics and birth outcomes based on maternal influenza infection

From: Paradoxical long-term impact of maternal influenza infection on neonates and infants

Parameters

Controls without influenza (n = 1,525,972)

Cases with influenza (n = 37,654)

p-value

Maternal characteristics

Age, mean years ± SD

30.41 ± 3.81

30.31 ± 3.85

< 0.0001

Advanced age with ≥35 years (n, %)

213,886 (14.02)

5188 (13.78)

0.1882

Study year, n (%)

  

< 0.0001

2007 year

377,086 (24.71)

9548 (25.36)

 

2008 year

380,237 (24.92)

7480 (19.87)

 

2009 year

372,847 (24.43)

7946 (21.10)

 

2010 year

395,802 (25.94)

12,680 (33.68)

 

Pre-pregnancy HTN (n, %)

43,443 (2.85)

1232 (2.76)

< 0.0001

Pre-pregnancy DM (n, %)

60,406 (3.96)

1648 (4.38)

< 0.0001

Primiparity (n, %)

805,385 (52.78)

18,930 (50.27)

< 0.0001

Cesarean section (n, %)

539,328 (35.34)

13,680 (36.33)

< 0.0001

Birth outcomes

Neonatal sex–male (n, %)

787,549 (51.61)

19,428 (51.60)

0.9585

Preterm birth (n, %)

40,798 (2.67)

1405 (3.73)

< 0.0001

Birth weight (kg), mean ± SD

3.22 ± 0.49

3.20 ± 0.50

< 0.0001

LBW (n, %)

56,773 (3.72)

1668 (4.43)

< 0.0001

Macrosomia (n, %)

62,135 (4.07)

1532 (4.07)

0.9752

  1. SD standard deviation; HTN hypertension; DM diabetes mellitus; LBW low birth weight