Research Article

Maternal Characteristics of Women Exposed to Hypnotic Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonist during Pregnancy

Table 1

Characteristics of women exposed to hypnotic benzodiazepine receptor agonists (HBRA) during pregnancy.

CharacteristicHBRA exposed pregnant women, (%)Non-HBRA exposed pregnant women, (%) value

Maternal age (years)<0.001
2033 (1.3)13580 (1.5)
 20–24231 (9.1)105215 (11.6)
 25–29641 (25.1)307541 (33.8)
 30–34886 (34.7)326004 (35.9)
35 761 (29.8)156677 (17.2)
Income<0.001
 Lowest quartile 986 (38.6)227125 (25.0)
 Low quartile601 (23.6)227215 (25.0)
 Medium quartile458 (18.0)227364 (25.0)
 High quartile507 (20.0)227313 (25.0)
Education (months)<0.001
145946 (37.1)213097 (23.4)
 145–155351 (13.8)141008 (15.5)
 156–179575 (22.5)259747 (28.6)
179672 (24.6)266779 (29.4)
Offspring<0.16
 12429 (95.2)870635 (95.8)
 2118 (4.6)37423 (4.1)
35 (0.2)959 (0.1)
Parity<0.001
 11019 (39.9)397056 (43.7)
 2786 (30.8)332642 (36.6)
 3457 (17.9)126631 (14.0)
4276 (10.8)46976 (5.2)
BMI<0.001
18.569 (2.7)17993 (2.0)
 18.5–24.9747 (29.3)264169 (29.1)
 25–29.9272 (10.7)87662 (9.6)
 30.0–34.9138 (5.4)32703 (3.6)
3580 (3.1)17179 (1.9)
Smoking<0.001
 Yes 847 (33.2)162978 (17.9)
 No1594 (62.5)716573 (78.8)