Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women.

From: Association between ambient temperature and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in China

 

Normotensive women

Gestational hypertension

Preeclampsia or Eclampsia

Chronic hypertension

Superimposed preeclampsia

 

n = 1,973,919

n = 23,704

n = 38,166

n = 5453

n = 1940

Region

     

 East

585,971 (29.69%)

8055 (33.98%)

10,901 (28.56%)

1938 (35.54%)

549 (28.30%)

 Central

783,049 (39.67%)

9784 (41.28%)

16,421 (43.03%)

1919 (35.19%)

857 (44.18%)

 West

604,899 (30.64%)

5865 (24.74%)

10,844 (28.41%)

1596 (29.27%)

534 (27.53%)

Hospital level

     

 Unknown

96,297 (4.88%)

697 (2.94%)

1774 (4.65%)

309 (5.67%)

60 (3.09%)

 Level 1

126,596 (6.41%)

1116 (4.71%)

1559 (4.08%)

175 (3.21%)

36 (1.86%)

 Level 2

883,819 (44.77%)

9717 (40.99%)

12,874 (33.73%)

2041 (37.43%)

436 (22.47%)

 Level 3

867,207 (43.93%)

12,174 (51.36%)

21,959 (57.54%)

2928 (53.70%)

1408 (72.58%)

Antenatal care visits

     

 None

22,224 (1.13%)

276 (1.16%)

832 (2.18%)

74 (1.36%)

56 (2.89%)

 1–3

113,037 (5.73%)

1502 (6.34%)

2889 (7.57%)

332 (6.09%)

175 (9.02%)

 4–6

581,397 (29.45%)

6171 (26.03%)

11,946 (31.30%)

1319 (24.19%)

583 (30.05%)

 7–9

591,251 (29.95%)

6966 (29.39%)

11,282 (29.56%)

1474 (27.03%)

541 (27.89%)

 ≥10

615,609 (31.19%)

8078 (34.08%)

9640 (25.26%)

2066 (37.89%)

445 (22.94%)

 Unknown

50,401 (2.55%)

711 (3.00%)

1577 (4.13%)

188 (3.45%)

140 (7.22%)

Mother’s education

     

 College of higher

760,655 (38.54%)

9240 (38.98%)

13,657 (35.78%)

2406 (44.12%)

671 (34.59%)

 High school

554,642 (28.10%)

6500 (27.42%)

11,304 (29.62%)

1390 (25.49%)

579 (29.85%)

 Middle school

563,258 (28.54%)

6462 (27.26%)

10,331 (27.07%)

1289 (23.64%)

495 (25.52%)

 Primary school

45,958 (2.33%)

824 (3.48%)

1508 (3.95%)

211 (3.87%)

99 (5.10%)

 None

8147 (0.41%)

162 (0.68%)

371 (0.97%)

34 (0.62%)

20 (1.03%)

 Unknown

41,259 (2.09%)

516 (2.18%)

995 (2.61%)

123 (2.26%)

76 (3.92%)

Marital status

     

 Single/widower/divorced/cohabitation

24,424 (1.24%)

281 (1.19%)

449 (1.18%)

47 (0.86%)

15 (0.77%)

 Married

1,949,046 (98.74%)

23,419 (98.80%)

37,712 (98.81%)

5405 (99.12%)

1925 (99.23%)

 Unknown

449 (0.02%)

4 (0.02%)

5 (0.01%)

1 (0.02%)

 

Mother’s age

     

 <20

38,179 (1.93%)

359 (1.51%)

610 (1.60%)

55 (1.01%)

12 (0.62%)

 20–24

313,318 (15.87%)

2938 (12.39%)

5118 (13.41%)

446 (8.18%)

125 (6.44%)

 25–34

1,338,331 (67.80%)

15,064 (63.55%)

23,648 (61.96%)

3331 (61.09%)

1033 (53.25%)

 35–39

170,312 (8.63%)

3311 (13.97%)

5546 (14.53%)

1015 (18.61%)

468 (24.12%)

 ≥40

36,739 (1.86%)

1222 (5.16%)

1939 (5.08%)

431 (7.90%)

246 (12.68%)

 Unknown

77,040 (3.90%)

810 (3.42%)

1305 (3.42%)

175 (3.21%)

56 (2.89%)

Delivery method

     

 Vaginal

1,186,080 (60.09%)

10,308 (43.49%)

8365 (21.92%)

1865 (34.20%)

292 (15.05%)

 Cesarean section

787,839 (39.91%)

13,396 (56.51%)

29,801 (78.08%)

3588 (65.80%)

1648 (84.95%)

Fetus’s gender

     

 Female

949,029 (48.08%)

11,564 (48.79%)

19,112 (50.08%)

2648 (48.56%)

946 (48.76%)

 Male

1,021,145 (51.73%)

12,108(51.08%)

18,827(49.33%)

2787 (51.11%)

964 (49.69%)

 Unknown

3745 (0.19%)

32 (0.13%)

227 (0.59%)

18 (0.33%)

30 (1.55%)

Parity

     

 Nulliparous

1,107,845 (56.12%)

13,727 (57.91%)

22,729 (59.55%)

2868 (52.59%)

815 (42.01%)

 1

745,118 (37.75%)

8232 (34.73%)

12,539 (32.85%)

2141 (39.26%)

895 (46.13%)

 2

101,917 (5.16%)

1429 (6.03%)

2338 (6.13%)

363 (6.66%)

166 (8.56%)

 ≥3

18,680 (0.95%)

311 (1.31%)

546 (1.43%)

80 (1.47%)

62 (3.20%)

 Unknown

359 (0.02%)

5 (0.02%)

14 (0.04%)

1 (0.02%)

2 (0.10%)

Number of fetus

     

 Single birth

1,945,153 (98.54%)

22,902 (96.62%)

35,514 (93.05%)

5253 (96.33%)

1879 (96.86%)

 Polyembryony

28,766 (1.46%)

802 (3.38%)

2652 (6.95%)

200 (3.67%)

61 (3.14%)

Small for gestational age

     

 No

1,810,371 (91.71%)

20,657 (87.15%)

26,990 (70.72%)

4610 (84.54%)

1305 (67.27%)

 Yes

156,765 (7.94%)

2975 (12.55%)

10,777 (28.24%)

815 (14.95%)

585 (30.15%)

 Unknown

6783 (0.34%)

72 (0.30%)

399 (1.05%)

28 (0.51%)

50 (2.58%)

Preterm

     

 No

1,844,447 (93.44%)

21,523 (90.80%)

25,069 (65.68%)

4489 (82.32%)

899 (46.34%)

 Yes

129,472 (6.56%)

2181 (9.20%)

13,097 (34.32%)

964 (17.68%)

1041 (53.66%)

Season of conception

     

 Warm (Apr–Sep)

832,708 (42.19%)

10,823 (45.66%)

17,094 (44.79%)

2494 (45.74%)

871 (44.90%)

 Cold (Oct–Mar)

1,141,211 (57.81%)

12,881 (54.34%)

21,072 (55.21%)

2959 (54.26%)

1069 (55.10%)