Table 2  [see also table 1 and
table 3]
Tableau 2  [voir
aussi le tableau 1 et le tableau
3]
Non-optimal background | 
% (No) of primiparous women | 
% (No) of multiparous women | 
||
Home birth
 | 
Hospital birth
 | 
Home birth
 | 
Hospital birth
 | |
| 
 (n = 471)  | 
 (n = 369)  | 
 (n = 669)  | 
 (n = 327)  | |
| 
 Social and medical background  | 
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| 
 Single mother+  | 
 2.2 (10)  | 
 2.7 (9)  | 
 0.8 (5)  | 
 2.4 (7)  | 
| 
 Ethnic minority+  | 
 2.1 (10)  | 
 5.2 (19)*  | 
 2.2 (15)  | 
 5.6 (18)*  | 
| 
 No attendance at antenatal classes+  | 
 13.7 (61)  | 
 20.9 (70)*  | 
 41.8 (265)  | 
 41.6 (119)  | 
| 
 Smoking+  | 
 25.4 (113)  | 
 29.2 (98)  | 
 25.8 (116)  | 
 24.9 (72)  | 
| 
 Alcohol use > 2 glasses a week+  | 
 4.3 (19)  | 
 3.6 (12)  | 
 5.4 (35)  | 
 4.5 (13)  | 
| 
 Drug intake+  | 
 0.2 (1)  | 
 0.9 (3)  | 
 0.5 (3)  | 
 0  | 
| 
 Non-optimal Quetelet index+  | 
 29.0 (128)  | 
 23.5 (77)  | 
 27.9 (176)  | 
 35.6 (99)*  | 
| 
 < 18.8  | 
 6.2 (27)  | 
 5.5 (18)  | 
 6.6 (42)  | 
 5.4 (15)  | 
| 
 > 24.2  | 
 22.8 (101)  | 
 18.0 (59)  | 
 21.3 (134)  | 
 30.2 (84)  | 
| 
 Non-optimal maternal age  | 
 18.0 (83)  | 
 21.9 (79)  | 
 43.8 (288)  | 
 45.1 (145)  | 
| 
 < 20 years  | 
 0.6 (2)  | 
 1.7 (6)  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
| 
 > 31 years  | 
 17.4 (81)  | 
 20.2 (73)  | 
 43.8 (288)  | 
 45.1 (145)  | 
| 
 Pre-existent hypertension or diabetes  | 
 0.4 (2)  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
| 
 Reproductive history  | 
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| 
 History of infertility  | 
 0.2 (1)  | 
 0.8 (3)  | 
 0.1 (1)  | 
 0.3 (1)  | 
| 
 More than one abortion  | 
 1.9 (9)  | 
 0.8 (3)  | 
 4.8 (32)  | 
 4.0 (13)  | 
| 
 Preterm birth < 28 weeks  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0.4 (3)  | 
 0.6 (2)  | 
| 
 Preterm birth 28-36 weeks  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0.3 (2)  | 
 1.8 (6)*  | 
| 
 Intrauterine fetal death  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0.3 (1)  | 
| 
 Instrumental (vaginal) delivery  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 1.9 (13)  | 
 8.0 (26)***  | 
| 
 Caesarean section  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0.6 (2)  | 
| 
 Infant with low weight for gestation  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0.9 (6)  | 
 0  | 
| 
 Pregnancy induced hypertension  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0.4 (3)  | 
 0.6 (2)  | 
| 
 Complications in pregnancy  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0.4 (3)  | 
 3.7 (12)***  | 
| 
 Present pregnancy  | 
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| 
 Vaginal bleeding  | 
 1.1 (5)  | 
 1.9 (7)  | 
 1.6 (11)  | 
 2.1 (7)  | 
| 
 Pre-eclampsia  | 
 1.1 (5)  | 
 2.2 (8)  | 
 0.6 (4)  | 
 1.5 (5)  | 
| 
 Haemoglobin < 6.8 mmol/l  | 
 14.2 (69)  | 
 18.4 (68)  | 
 18.8 (126)  | 
 23.9 (78)  | 
| 
 Diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm Hg  | 
 4.9 (23)  | 
 5.1 (19)  | 
 3.4 (23)  | 
 2.8 (9)  | 
| 
 Uncertain dates  | 
 4.9 (23)  | 
 8.7 (32)*  | 
 3.9 (26)  | 
 5.8 (19)  | 
| 
 Rhesus sensitisation  | 
 0  | 
 0  | 
 0.1 (1)  | 
 0  | 
| 
 Other complications  | 
 14.2 (67)  | 
 13.6 (50)  | 
 10.5 (70)  | 
 10.4 (34)  | 
| 
 Specialist advice required in pregnancy+  | 
 16.5 (76)  | 
 18.9 (69)  | 
 16.0 (106)  | 
 21.0 (68)  | 
| 
 Non-optimal No of antenatal visits+  | 
 13.5 (62)  | 
 14.1 (51)  | 
 16.9 (112)  | 
 10.5 (34)*  | 
| 
 < 10  | 
 11.3 (52)  | 
 11.1 (40)  | 
 16.2 (107)  | 
 9.9 (32)  | 
| 
 > 15  | 
 2.2 (10)  | 
 3.0 (11)  | 
 0.7 (5)  | 
 0.6 (2)  | 
| 
 Amniocentesis  | 
 0.2 (1)  | 
 0  | 
 2.2 (15)  | 
 1.8 (6)  | 
| 
 Cardiotocography during pregnancy  | 
 1.7 (8)  | 
 2.7 (10)  | 
 1.9 (13)  | 
 2.4 (8)  | 
| 
 Drugs prescribed or taken in pregnancy+  | 
 78.6 (341)  | 
 77.8 (242)  | 
 83.1 (518)  | 
 89.0 (242)*  | 
* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001
+ Some
missing data in this category were accounted for in the percentages.
+ On a tenu compte au niveau des pourcentages de données
manquantes dans cette catégorie.
Source:
Outcome of planned home and planned hospital births in low
risk  pregnancies: prospective study in midwifery practices in the Netherlands
Résultats comparés de naissances planifiées
à domicile et à l'hôpital pour des  grossesses à
risque faible: étude prospective des pratiques des sages-femmes aux
Pays-Bas. [Voir extraits]
(T A Wiegers,
M J N C Keirse, J van der Zee, & G A H Berghs)
British Medical Journal,
1996; 313: 1309-1313.
<http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/313/7068/1309>