Research Article
Chlamydia trachomatis Infection, when Treated during Pregnancy, Is Not Associated with Preterm Birth in an Urban Safety-Net Hospital
Table 1
Characteristics associated with preterm and full-term births.
| | Preterm birth (PTB) () | Full-term birth (FTB) () | value |
| | Age () | | | 0.37 | | Race (%) | | | | (i) White
(ii) Black
(iii) Hispanic
(iv) Other | 22 (22.0%)
48 (48.0%)
28 (28.0%)
2 (2%) | 42 (20.5%)
101 (49.3%)
55 (26.8%)
7 (3.4%) | 0.90 | | Number of prenatal visits () | | | <0.0001 | | Gestational age at delivery (range, weeks) | (24.2-36.6) | (37-41.9) | <0.0001,1 | | Low birthweight (%) | 67 (67.7%) | 30 (14.6%) | <0.0001 | | Substance abuse (%) | 21 (21.0%) | 23 (11.2%) | 0.0225 | | Tobacco risk (%) | 26 (26.0%) | 43 (21.0%) | 0.32 | | Alcohol risk (%) () | 3 (3.0%) | 2 (1.0%) | 0.34# | | History of chlamydia during pregnancy (%) | 6 (6%) | 13 (6.3%) | 0.83 |
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Two-sample -test; chi-square test; #Fisher’s exact test. 1After adjusting for gestational age at delivery, the value was 0.85. |
