The Effects of Anemia on Pregnancy Outcome in Patients with Pyelonephritis

Table 1

Patient demographics.

	Pyelonephritis with anemia; 𝑛=45 (%)	Pyelonephritis without anemia; 𝑛=69 (%)	P value
Race/ethnicity, n (%)			0.109
Caucasian	5 (11.1)	18 (26.1)
African American	24 (53.3)	23 (33.3)
Hispanic	15 (33.3)	26 (37.7)
Other	1 (2.2)	2 (2.9)
Age, years^a	23.6 ± 5.7	24.5 ± 5.9	0.41
Body mass index, kg/m^2	28.6 ± 5.4	31.6 ± 8.1	0.025
Multiparous, n (%)	31 (68.9)	39 (56.5)	0.18
Prior preterm delivery, n (%)	13 (28.9)	11 (15.9)	0.10
Pyelonephritis more than once in pregnancy, n (%)	4 (8.9)	2 (2.9)	0.17
Gestational age at first prenatal visit, weeks^a	16.1 ± 6.3	14.6 ± 7.1	0.32
No prenatal care before pyelonephritis admission, n (%)	31 (68.9)	45 (65.2)	0.68
No prenatal care, n (%)	8 (17.8)	11 (15.9)	0.80

aValues are mean ± SD.