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Table 2 Characteristics of pregnant women attending primary healthcare centers by antenatal care (ANC) visits, delivery outcome, and delivery onset of latest/most recent pregnancy

From: Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility: a retrospective study from Lebanon

	Number of ANC visits			Delivery outcome					Delivery onset
	ANC < 4			C-section		Abortion			Preterm
	N	%	p-value	N	%	N	%	p-value	N	%	p-value
PHC Region			< .001					< .001			< .001
Beirut	180^ab	28.0%		284^a	44.1%	80^a	12.4%		64^a	13.1%
Mount Lebanon	133^bd	26.1%		173^b	33.9%	33^d	6.5%		56^a	11.9%
Beqaa	222^c	72.3%		130^a	42.3%	24^bcd	7.8%		78^b	33.1%
South Lebanon	391^d	23.8%		707^a	43.0%	91^ac	5.5%		183^a	12.2%
North Lebanon	281^a	32.2%		296^b	33.9%	86^bd	9.9%		75^a	10.8%
Nationality			< .001					< .001			.216
Lebanese	154^a	37.4%		159^a	38.6%	37^a	9.0%		49	14.7%
Syrian	331^a	37.8%		164^b	18.7%	48^b	5.5%		95	15.3%
Palestinian	722^b	26.8%		1267^c	47.1%	229^a	8.5%		312	12.8%
Age groups			.003					< .001			.003
< = 17	28^a	29.8%		22^a	23.4%	5^ab	5.3%		4^a	5.4%
18–28	627^a	29.3%		798^b	37.3%	138^b	6.5%		221^ab	12.0%
29–39	488^a	30.5%		727^c	45.4%	133^a	8.3%		216^c	15.8%
40 +	64^b	44.1%		43^ab	29.7%	38^c	26.2%		15^bc	15.0%
Delta Gravida: Mean (SD)*	0.43	(0.07)	< .001	-0.03	(0.06)	0.54	(0.12)	< .001	0.50	(0.10)	< .001
Delta Parity: Mean (SD)*	0.29	(0.05)	< .001	-0.12	(0.05)	0.21	(0.09)	.001	0.29	(0.08)	< .001
History of Abortion			< .001					< .001			< .001
Yes	415	35.2%		504^a	42.8%	130^a	11.0%		169	17.5%
No	792	28.3%		1086^b	38.8%	184^b	6.6%		287	11.9%
History of C-section			.460					< .001			< .001
Yes	355	31.2%		980^a	86.0%	101^a	8.9%		191	19.2%
No	845	30.0%		604^b	21.4%	212^a	7.5%		263	11.1%
History of Preterm delivery			.006					< .001			< .001
Yes	95	38.2%		132^a	53.0%	15^a	6.0%		70	34.3%
No	1112	29.8%		1458^b	39.1%	299^a	8.0%		386	12.1%
History of Chronic Disease			.029					.006			.431
Yes	49	23.4%		104^a	49.8%	18^a	8.6%		28	15.4%
No	1143	30.6%		1470^b	39.3%	294^a	7.9%		424	13.3%

Bold means ‘statistically significant p-value’
When more than 2 groups are compared, superscript letters are used to depict statistical differences
*Delta values in table represent differences between group shown and reference group not shown (example ANC < 4 – ANC > = 4)

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