Research Article

Regional Variation in Pregnancy Outcomes amongst Women in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of included patients and number of patients stratified by Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs).

Inflammatory bowel disease (n = 2466 births)Noninflammatory bowel disease (n = 1,280,493 births)Total (n = 1,282,959 mothers)

Age at conception (mean ± SD)28.9 ± 4.528.8 ± 5.428.8 ± 5.4

Mean neighbourhood Income quintile (n, %)
 Q1 (lowest)369 (15.0%)294,035 (23.0%)294,404 (22.9%)
 Q2459 (18.6%)262,666 (20.5%)263,125 (20.5%)
 Q3538 (21.8%)258,098 (20.2%)258,636 (20.2%)
 Q4632 (25.6%)256,696 (20.0%)257,328 (20.1%)
 Q5 (highest)462 (18.7%)202,489 (15.8%)202,951 (15.8%)

Number of patients included per LHIN (n, %)
 Erie St. Clair (LHIN 1)129 (5.2%)61,968 (4.8%)62,097 (4.8%)
 South West (LHIN 2)212 (8.6%)87,879 (6.9%)88,091 (6.9%)
 Waterloo Wellington (LHIN 3)151 (6.1%)74,249 (5.8%)74,400 (5.8%)
 Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (LHIN 4)314 (12.7%)124,774 (9.7%)125,099 (9.7%)
 Central West (LHIN 5)135 (5.5%)101,142 (7.9%)101,277 (7.9%)
 Mississauga Halton (LHIN 6)204 (8.3%)114,474 (8.9%)114,678 (8.9%)
 Toronto Central 7 (LHIN 7)195 (7.9%)133,558 (10.4%)133,753 (10.4%)
 Central (LHIN 8)262 (10.6%)170,466 (13.3%)170,728 (13.3%)
 Central East (LHIN 9)248 (10.1%)147,513 (11.5%)147,761 (11.5%)
 South East (LHIN 10)90 (3.6%)39,429 (3.1%)39,519 (3.1%)
 Champlain (LHIN 11)250 (10.1%)118,216 (9.2%)118,466 (9.2%)
 North Simcoe Muskoka (LHIN 12)87 (3.5%)37,759 (2.9%)37,846 (2.9%)
 North East (LHIN 13)149 (6.0%)46,045 (3.6%)46,194 (3.6%)
 North West (LHIN 14)40 (1.6%)21,580 (1.7%)21,620 (1.7%)