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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of all mothers, mothers of cases and mothers of controls, and birth outcomes for all offspring, for cases and controls

From: Hyperemesis gravidarum and risk of cancer in offspring, a Scandinavian registry-based nested case–control study

 

Cases (%)

Controls (%)

Total

Maternal country of birth

 Europe, USA, Canada

14.102 (95.3)

139.949 (94.7)

154,051

 Middle-East*

262 (1.8)

2.732 (1.8)

2.994

 Africa excluding North-Africa

77 (0.5)

823 (0.6)

900

 Asia**

155 (1.0)

1.897 (1.3)

2.052

 Central and South-America

105 (0.7)

1.085 (0.7)

1.190

 Other countries and missing

104 (0.7)

1.223 (0.8)

1.327

Maternal age, in years

 <20

601 (4.1)

6.227 (4.2)

6.828

 20–24

3.423 (23.1)

35.446 (24.0)

38.869

 25–29

5.385 (36.4)

53.690 (36.3)

59.075

 30–34

3.716 (25.1)

36.561 (24.8)

40.277

 >34

1.680 (11.3)

15.785 (10.7)

17.465

Smoking***

 Nonsmoker

2.042 (13.8)

21.011 (14.2)

23.053

 Smoker

1.264 (8.5)

12.418 (8.4)

13.682

 Missing

11.499 (77.7)

114.280 (77.4)

125.779

Hyperemesis status

 HG +

97 (0.7)

818 (0.6)

915

 HG -

14.708 (99.3)

146.891 (99.4)

161.599

Birth weight (gr)

 <1500

97 (0.7)

1.021 (0.7)

1.118

 1500–2499

549 (3.7)

5.602 (3.8)

6.151

 2500–3499

6.046 (40.8)

63.972 (43.3)

70.018

 >3500

8.067 (54.5)

76.771 (52.0)

84.838

 Missing

46 (0.3)

343 (0.2)

389

Placental weight (gr)****

 <500

411 (2.8)

4.177 (2.8)

4.588

 500–999

2.492 (16.8)

24.872 (16.8)

27.364

 ≥1000

112 (0.8)

929 (0.8)

1.041

 Missing

11.790 (79.6)

117.731 (79.7)

129.521

Apgar score after 1 min*****

 < 7

659 (4.5)

5.597 (3.8)

6.256

 ≥ 7

11.760 (79.4)

117.986 (79.9)

129.746

 Missing

2.386 (16.1)

24.126 (16.3)

26.512

Apgar score after 5 min*****

 < 7

161 (1.1)

1.400 (0.9)

1.561

 ≥ 7

12.558 (84.8)

125.480 (85.0)

138.038

 Missing

2.086 (14.1)

20.829 (14.1)

22.915

Total

14.805

147.709

162.514

  1. *Middle-East includes Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Iran
  2. **Asia includes Pakistan, India, Sri-Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, China, South-Korea, Japan
  3. ***Available from 1991 in Denmark, 1999 in Norway and 1982 in Sweden
  4. ****Available from 1997 in Denmark, 1999 in Norway and in for the years 1982–1999 in Sweden
  5. *****Available from 1991 in Denmark, 1999 in Norway and 1982 in Sweden
  6. Numbers in parentheses indicate percentage distributions within the categories of each variable among all offspring, among cases and among controls