Occurrence of Fetal Macrosomia Rate and Its Maternal and Neonatal Complications: A 5-Year Cohort Study

Table 2

Comparison of maternal risk factors between case and control groups (data presented as number (𝑛) and percentage (%)).

Variables	Macrosomia (case)		Normal birth weight (control)
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑃
Diabetes (𝑛=820)	712	39.5	108	6.1	0.0001
Obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m^2) (𝑛=1637)	1350	75	287	16	0.0001
Multiparity (𝑛=2070)	1458	81	612	34	0.005
History of macrosomia (𝑛=347)	324	18	23	1.3	0.0001
Postterm delivery (𝑛=241)	180	10	61	3.4	0.005
Maternal big frame size (𝑛=1086)	774	43	312	18	0.001
Maternal age (≥35 years) (𝑛=1457)	1080	60	377	21	0.005
Family history (𝑛=340)	306	17	34	1.9	0.0001
Ethnicity (Arab) (𝑛=2027)	1071	59.6	956	53	0.72
Cesarean section (𝑛=675)	162	89	513	28.5	0.32
Normal vaginal delivery (𝑛=1485)	198	11	1287	71.5	0.26

𝑃<0.05 is significant using chi-square test.