Effect of Social Service Prenatal Care Utilization on Perinatal Outcomes among Women with Socioeconomic Problems in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

Table 2

Maternal complications in the study groups. ^#Some women had more than one complication. Data were analyzed by Fisher’s exact test. NS: not significant. Attenders were found to have a lower incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension compared with the rate of nonattenders (𝑃<0.05).

	Attenders; (𝑛=83)	Nonattenders; (𝑛=45)	𝑃value
Pregnancy-induced hypertension	1	6	<0.05
Eclampsia	0	1	NS
Previous cesarean section	1	3	NS
Breech presentation	3	2	NS
Thyroid disease	0	2	NS
Bronchial Asthma	5	3	NS
Epilepsy	2	2	NS
Psychiatric disorder
Schizophrenia	2	3	NS
Depression	1	2	NS
Anxiety disorder	10	1	NS
Personality disorder	14	0	<0.05
Infection
Chlamydia trachomatis	18	5	NS
Syphilis	3	2	NS
Hepatitis B virus	0	1	NS
Hepatitis C virus	4	2	NS