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Table 3 Demographics of ITU study

From: Betamethasone administration during pregnancy is associated with placental epigenetic changes with implications for inflammation

Phenotype

ITU study (n = 494)

BET study (n = 136)

p value

Mean age of pregnant person in years (SD)

34.62 (4.82)

29.16 (5.80)

< 0.01

BET exposure

12 (2.43%)

52 (38.24%)

< 0.01

Smoking during pregnancy (% yes)

12 (2.43%)

32 (23.53%)

< 0.01

Mean BMI before pregnancy (SD)

23.82 (4.14)

23.41 (3.68)

0.50

Mean gestational age in weeks (SD)

40.01 (1.61)

38.16 (1.96)

< 0.01

Premature birth (before week 37)

18 (3.64%)

34 (25%)

< 0.01

Birth weight in grams

3533.82 (503.17)

3148.79 (480.09)

 < 0.01

Sex (% male)

252 (51.01%)

70 (51.47%)

1.00

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. p value: nominal p value from Chi-square test (categorical variables) or t test (quantitative variables) comparing the initial BET study to the ITU study. Nominally significant p values are depicted in bold