Basic data | | | |
Primiparity | 104 (54) | 42 (58)† | 26 (35) |
Unmarried mother | 67 (37) | 31 (42)† | 16 (21) |
Upper social classes 1–2 | 120 (65) | 47 (64)† | 62 (83) |
Lower social classes 3–4 | 66 (36) | 27 (36)† | 13 (17) |
Mother smoked | 37 (19) | 14 (19) | 9 (12) |
Mother’s age (years) | 31.5 (16.3–48.5) | 32.5 (21.5–47.5) | 32.0 (21.3–43.9) |
Birth weight (g) | 807 (447–995) | 778 (447–995)†* | 3671 (2530–5250) |
Gestational age (weeks) | 27.3 (22.3–34.9) | 27.1 (23.7–32.6)† | 39.9 (37.3–42.1) |
Male sex | 97 (47) | 38 (49) | 39 (52) |
Multiple pregnancy | 55 (26) | 16 (21)† | 2 (3) |
Antenatal steroid treatment | 164 (79) | 69 (88)†* | 0 |
Born in tertiary hospital | 187 (90) | 78 (100) | 75 (100) |
Vaginal delivery | 68 (33) | 23 (29)† | 58 (77) |
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Morbidity data | | | |
Small for gestational age | 84 (40) | 35 (45)† | 1 (1) |
Intraventricular haemorrhage grades 2–4 | 24 (12) | 6 (8) | |
Respiratory distress syndrome | 144 (69) | 54 (69) | |
Septicaemia | 53 (26) | 30 (38)* | |
Retinopathy of prematurity stage 3–5 | 19 (9) | 4 (5) | |
Oxygen dependency at the age corresponding to 36 GW | 81 (39) | 31 (40) | |