Table 2.

Demographic Data for Pre- and Post- 9-Visit Guideline Patients

PreguidelinePostguidelineP Value
Deliveries19231933
Data incomplete276223
Available for analysis16471710.05
Age in years23.6 ± 4.5723.9 ± 4.76.11
Gravidity2.1 ± 1.302.2 ± 1.30.58
Parity1.2 ± 0.961.4 ± 1.22.01
Aborted0.58 ± 0.940.50 ± 0.88.03
Gestational age at delivery in weeks39.05 ± 2.7739.13 ± 1.94.19
Percentage cared for by family practitioner22.721.8.35
Percentage transferred to tertiary facility7.27.5.12
Percentage with complications*12.616.2<.001
Percentage of twins1.060.21<.001
  • * Defined as any complication listed in the inpatient record such oligohydramnios, twin gestation, gestational diabetes.