Table 1 Demographic and sociological characteristics related to birth weight-related adverse outcomes in central South China
Characteristics | Total (n) | Low birth weight (n (%)) | Macrosomia (n (%)) | SGA (n (%)) | LGA (n (%)) | Preterm birth (n (%)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age | ||||||||||||
Below 25 years | 809 | 25 | (3.09)** | 34 | (4.20)* | 29 | (3.58) | 156 | (19.28)** | 29 | (3.58)** | |
25 to 29 years | 5654 | 184 | (3.25) | 263 | (4.65) | 162 | (2.87) | 1278 | (22.60) | 243 | (4.30) | |
30 to 34 years | 6821 | 289 | (4.24) | 388 | (5.69) | 173 | (2.54) | 1784 | (26.15) | 359 | (5.26) | |
35 to 39 years | 2290 | 124 | (5.41) | 130 | (5.68) | 67 | (2.93) | 631 | (27.55) | 174 | (7.60) | |
40 years and above | 349 | 19 | (5.44) | 11 | (3.15) | 9 | (2.58) | 117 | (33.52) | 27 | (7.74) | |
Residence | ||||||||||||
City | 11,553 | 427 | (3.70)* | 617 | (5.34) | 316 | (2.74) | 2889 | (25.01) | 560 | (4.85)** | |
Rural | 4370 | 214 | (4.90) | 209 | (4.78) | 124 | (2.84) | 1077 | (24.65) | 272 | (6.22) | |
Ocuppation | ||||||||||||
Farming or migrant workers | 1171 | 64 | (5.47)* | 55 | (4.70) | 49 | (4.18) | 281 | (24.00)** | 75 | (6.40) | |
Public officials | 2831 | 99 | (3.50) | 139 | (4.91) | 75 | (2.65) | 664 | (23.45) | 130 | (4.59) | |
Enterprises personnel | 3148 | 107 | (3.40) | 161 | (5.11) | 78 | (2.48) | 728 | (23.13) | 157 | (4.99) | |
Businessmen | 1045 | 42 | (4.02) | 57 | (5.45) | 29 | (2.78) | 306 | (29.28) | 57 | (5.45) | |
Unemployed | 2166 | 92 | (4.25) | 109 | (5.03) | 55 | (2.54) | 559 | (25.81) | 119 | (5.49) | |
Others | 5562 | 237 | (4.26) | 305 | (5.48) | 154 | (2.77) | 1428 | (25.67) | 294 | (5.29) | |
Education | ||||||||||||
College and above | 12,367 | 462 | (3.74)* | 651 | (5.26) | 340 | (2.75) | 3035 | (24.54) | 615 | (4.97) | |
High/technical secondary school | 2491 | 126 | (5.06) | 128 | (5.14) | 72 | (2.89) | 646 | (25.93) | 150 | (6.02) | |
Junior and below | 881 | 45 | (5.11) | 39 | (4.43) | 24 | (2.72) | 233 | (26.45) | 57 | (6.47) | |
Unkown | 184 | 8 | (4.35) | 8 | (4.35) | 4 | (2.17) | 52 | (28.26) | 10 | (5.43) | |
Gravidity | ||||||||||||
Once | 5951 | 273 | (4.59)* | 262 | (4.40)* | 218 | (3.66)** | 1131 | (19.01)** | 317 | (5.33)** | |
Twice | 4906 | 153 | (3.12) | 265 | (5.40) | 108 | (2.20) | 1272 | (25.93) | 212 | (4.32) | |
Three times | 2829 | 111 | (3.92) | 173 | (6.12) | 74 | (2.62) | 837 | (29.59) | 145 | (5.13) | |
Four times and above | 2237 | 104 | (4.65) | 126 | (5.63) | 40 | (1.79) | 726 | (32.45) | 158 | (7.06) | |
Parity | ||||||||||||
Once | 8289 | 227 | (2.74)** | 421 | (5.08) | 271 | (3.27)** | 1735 | (20.93)** | 300 | (3.62)** | |
Tiwice | 7229 | 352 | (4.87) | 390 | (5.39) | 155 | (2.14) | 2117 | (29.28) | 460 | (6.36) | |
Three times and above | 405 | 62 | (15.31) | 15 | (3.70) | 14 | (3.46) | 114 | (28.15) | 72 | (17.78) | |
Total | 15,923 | 641(4.03) | 826(5.19) | 440(2.76) | 3966(24.91) | 832(5.23) | ||||||