Acute Infectious Morbidity in Multiple Gestation

Table 1

Demographic data during hospital discharges for delivery among pregnant women with multiple gestation compared to women with singleton gestation, Nationwide Inpatient Sample for years 2008–2010 (12,524,118 deliveries).

	Multiple gestation; = 266,751	Singleton gestation; = 12,257,367	OR; (95% CI)	value
Race/ethnicity, (%)
Caucasian	131,828 (49.4)	5,402,164 (44.1)	1.0	—
African American	36,964 (13.9)	1,453,880 (11.9)	1.04 (1.03, 1.05)	<0.0001
Hispanic	33,546 (12.6)	2,371,751 (19.3)	0.58 (0.57, 0.59)	<0.0001
Other	21,887 (8.2)	1,132,263 (9.2)	0.79 (0.78, 0.81)	<0.0001
Missing	42,526 (15.9)	1,897,310 (15.5)	—	—
Age, yrs^a	29.8 ± 139	27.6 ± 13.7	—	<0.0001
Private insurance,; (%)	162,185; (60.8)	6,055,139; (49.4)	1.56; (1.55, 1.57)	<0.0001
Median house income in ZIP code of lowest quartile, (%)^b	61,353; (23.0)	3,309,489 (27.0)	0.73; (0.72, 0.73)	<0.0001
LOS, days^c	3 (2, 4)	2 (2, 3)	—	<0.0001
Total charges, $^c	14,730; (9477, 23,228)	9953; (6778, 14,965)	—	<0.0001

Values are mean ± SD.
^bMedian house income in ZIP code of lowest quartile defined as median income in subject’s ZIP code $1–$38,999.
^cValues are median (quartile).