Table 1 Characteristics of women who died and controls.

From: Understanding maternal mortality in women with obesity and the role of care they receive: a national case-control study

 

Women who died

Controls

P valuea

 

n

%

n

%

 

364

100.0

14,681

100.0

 

Country of birth (n = 354 and 14,135)

 France or other European country

267

75.4

12,094

85.6

<0.001

 North Africa

32

9.0

1002

7.1

 

 Sub-Saharan Africa

35

9.9

608

4.3

 

 Other

20

5.7

431

3.1

 

Age (years) (n = 364 and 14,530)

 ≤24

42

11.5

2474

17.0

<0.001

 25–29

81

22.3

4817

33.2

 

 30–34

102

28.0

4452

30.6

 

 35–39

99

27.2

2279

15.7

 

 ≥40

40

11.0

508

3.5

 

Educational level of zip-code of residence (proportion of adults 20–45 years who did not complete high school)

(n = 358 and 14,094)

 1st quintile (<36%)

55

15.4

2824

20.0

0.08

 2nd quintile (35%–45%)

80

22.3

2835

20.1

 

 3rd quintile (45%–51%)

64

17.9

2853

20.2

 

 4th quintile (51%–57%)

75

20.9

2805

19.9

 

 5th quintile (>57%)

84

23.5

2777

19.7

 

Severe chronic conditions before pregnancy

 Any (n = 313 and 14,318)

96

30.7

529

3.7

<0.001

 Hypertension (n = 305 and 14,484)

22

7.23

150

1.0

<0.001

 Diabetes (n = 305 and 14,491)

23

7.5

71

0.5

<0.001

 Cardiopathies (n = 306 and 14,465)

21

6.9

51

0.4

<0.001

 Another notable pre-existing chronic condition (n = 304 and 14,545)

45

14.8

276

1.9

<0.001

Previous deliveries (n = 311 and 14,410)

 No

105

33.8

6302

43.7

<0.001

 Yes, only vaginal

117

37.6

6524

45.3

 

 Yes, one or more Caesareans

89

28.6

1584

11.0

 

Multiple pregnancy (n = 356 and 14,654)

17

4.8

224

1.5

<0.001

Median gestational age (weeks [IQR])

38.0

[33.0–39.0]

39.0

[38.0–40.0]

<0.001

  1. IQR interquartile range.
  2. aChi-square or Wilcoxon test.