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Table 1 Maternal demographics used for determination of the propensity score for 6,465 a unmatched public and private deliveries

From: Neonatal outcomes after preterm birth by mothers’ health insurance status at birth: a retrospective cohort study

 

Publicly insured women

Privately insured women

 

(n = 3,085)

(n = 3,380)

p-valueb

 

Mean (±SD)

Mean (±SD)

 

Maternal age (years)

27.0 (6.0)

32.2 (4.6)

<0.0001

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

Parity (2nd + child)

1,739 (56.4)

1,563 (46.2)

<0.0001

Single/divorced/widowed

479 (15.5)

99 (2.9)

<0.0001

Indigenous

629 (20.4)

6 (0.2)

<0.0001

Smoking during pregnancy

1,286 (41.7)

209 (6.2)

<0.0001

SE disadvantage

1,832 (59.4)

517 (15.3)

<0.0001

Regional/remote residence

1,606 (52.1)

281 (8.3)

<0.0001

Diabetes mellitus

24 (0.8)

55 (1.6)

0.019

Previous caesarean

413 (13.4)

721 (21.3)

<0.0001

  1. a Restricted to singleton, pre-term births (32–36 weeks), in non-tertiary hospitals, resulting in live-born infants without birth defects.
  2. b ttest for means and Chi square test of independence for proportions.
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