Factors Associated with Placenta Praevia in Primigravidas and Its Pregnancy Outcome

Table 1

Sociodemographic data of women with major placenta praevia.

	Primigravida; = 56	Nonprimigravida; = 187	value
Age (years)	30.44 ± 3.48	33.82 ± 4.47	0.020^a
Race (%)			0.231^b
Malay	43 (76.8)	128 (68.5)
Chinese	12 (21.4)	47 (25.1)
Indian	0 (0.0)	2 (1.1)
Others	1 (1.8)	10 (5.3)
Weight (kg)	61.99 ± 10.28	65.41 ± 12.19	0.040^a
Occupation (%)			0.320^b
Housewife	11 (19.6)	54 (28.9)
Nonprofessional	23 (41.1)	75 (40.1)
Professional	22 (39.3)	58 (31.0)
Smoking (%)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.1%)	1.000^b

-test, ^bChi-square test.