Table 2 Hospital characteristics of obese and non-obese pregnant women with delivery hospitalizations.

From: Obstetric outcomes during delivery hospitalizations among obese pregnant women in the United States

Characteristics

Not matched

P value

Matched

P value

Obese

(n = 1,048,323)

Non-Obese

(n = 17,638,894)

Obese

(n = 972,620)

Non-Obese

(n = 970,175)

Region, % (SE)

  

 < 0.001

  

0.948

Northeast

14.0% (0.72)

16.1% (0.42)

 

14.2% (2.1)

13.9% (1.0)

 

Midwest

19.0% (0.62)

21.2% (0.47)

 

12.7% (1.3)

12.7% (0.9)

 

South

38.0% (0.96)

38.1% (0.71)

 

41.0% (2.5)

42.1% (1.7)

 

West

28.8% (1.02)

24.4% (0.63)

 

32.2% (2.6)

31.3% (1.5)

 

Location, % (SE)

  

 < 0.001

  

0.932

Rural

9.0% (0.69)

11.5% (0.48)

 

8.3% (0.7)

8.3% (0.4)

 

Urban

90.9% (0.69)

88.4% (0.48)

 

91.7% (0.7)

91.7% (0.4)

 

Bed sizea, % (SE)

  

0.133

  

0.945

Small

11.8% (0.49)

12.4% (0.32)

 

9.4% (1.2)

9.1% (0.7)

 

Medium

27.3% (0.84)

28.2% (0.58)

 

25.5% (2.1)

25.4% (1.4)

 

Large

60.8% (0.94)

59.3% (0.64)

 

65.1% (2.3)

65.5% (1.5)

 

Teaching status, % (SE)

  

0.012

  

0.898

Teaching

47.4% (2.39)

53.0% (1.4)

 

52.1% (2.6)

52.3% (1.6)

 

Non-teaching

52.5% (2.39)

46.9% (1.4)

 

47.9% (2.6)

47.7% (1.6)

 
  1. aBed size categories are based on hospital beds and are specific to the hospital's location and teaching status. For details of categorization, please see: https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/hosp_bedsize/nisnote.jsp.