Birth Outcomes of Newborns after Folic Acid Supplementation in Pregnant Women with Early and Late Pre-Eclampsia: A Population-Based Study

Table 3

Distribution of gestational age (preterm, term, postterm) and birth weight (low, average, large) groups in pregnant women without PE (as reference) and with PE, in addition in pregnant women with PE with folic acid supplementation.

Gestational age groups	Pregnant women without PE				Pregnant women with PE				Pregnant women with PE + FAS
	Birth weight (g)				Birth weight (g)				Birth weight (g)
	No.	%	Mean	S.D.	No.	%	Mean	S.D.	No.	%	Mean
−37	3,392	9.1	2,486	435	104	10.2	2,401	460	51	8.8	2,440
38–41	29,994	80.8	3,322	428	799	78.6	3,376	491	460	79.3	3,384
42−	3,748	10.1	3,612	485	114	11.2	3,729	473	69	11.9	3,663
Total	37,134	100.0	3,275	509	1,017	100.0	3,316	580	580	100.0	3,334
Birth weight groups	Gestational age (wk)				Gestational age (wk)				Gestational age (wk)
−2499	2,087	5.6	35.6	3.3	80	7.9	35.7	2.8	42	7.2	36.1
2500–3999	32,286	87.0	39.5	1.7	826	81.2	39.5	1.7	471	81.2	39.6
4000−	2,761	7.4	41.0	1.1	111	10.9	41.0	1.2	67	11.6	40.7
Total	37,134	100.0	39.4	2.0	1,017	100.0	39.4	2.1	580	100.0	39.5