Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics, and pregnancy study time of 33 women with SCD, followed up from ≤16 weeks gestation to 1 year after childbirth

Characteristic Total (N = 33)
Age at enrollment, y 31.0 (27.0-33.0) 
Parity, n (%) 
15 (45.5) 
13 (39.4) 
5 (15.2) 
Baseline Hb level, g/dL 8.6 (6.8-9.8) 
Baseline reticulocyte count, % 4.0 (3.0-5.2) 
Body mass index, kg/m2 23.3 (20.6-26.8) 
Type of pregnancy 
Singleton pregnancy, n (%) 32 (97.0) 
Multiple pregnancies (twin gestation), n (%) 1 (3.0) 
Gestational age at enrollment, wk 12.7 (10.0-14.7) 
Gestational age at enrollment by trimester, wk 
First trimester (up to 13 weeks), n (%) 19 (57.6) 
Second trimester (13 weeks 1 day up to 16 weeks), n (%) 14 (42.4) 
Gestational age at delivery, wk 37.4 (36.5-38.6) 
Mode of delivery 
Cesarean, n (%) 13 (39.4) 
Vaginal, n (%) 20 (60.6) 
SCD pregnancy outcomes 
ACS, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Venous thromboembolism, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Severe symptomatic anemia, n (%) 5 (15.2) 
Postpartum hemorrhage, n (%) 6 (18.2) 
Urinary tract infection, n (%) 11 (33.3) 
Maternal mortality, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Fetal outcomes (n = 34) 
Intrauterine fetal death, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Stillbirth, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Alive, n (%) 34 (100.0) 
Preterm birth (≤37 weeks), n (%) 12 (36.4) 
Birth weight, kg 2.9 (2.6-3.1) 
Low birth weight (<2500 g), n (%) 7 (20.6) 
Perinatal mortality, n (%) 1 (2.9) 
Perinatal deaths per 1000 total births 29.4 (0.7-153.3) 
Characteristic Total (N = 33)
Age at enrollment, y 31.0 (27.0-33.0) 
Parity, n (%) 
15 (45.5) 
13 (39.4) 
5 (15.2) 
Baseline Hb level, g/dL 8.6 (6.8-9.8) 
Baseline reticulocyte count, % 4.0 (3.0-5.2) 
Body mass index, kg/m2 23.3 (20.6-26.8) 
Type of pregnancy 
Singleton pregnancy, n (%) 32 (97.0) 
Multiple pregnancies (twin gestation), n (%) 1 (3.0) 
Gestational age at enrollment, wk 12.7 (10.0-14.7) 
Gestational age at enrollment by trimester, wk 
First trimester (up to 13 weeks), n (%) 19 (57.6) 
Second trimester (13 weeks 1 day up to 16 weeks), n (%) 14 (42.4) 
Gestational age at delivery, wk 37.4 (36.5-38.6) 
Mode of delivery 
Cesarean, n (%) 13 (39.4) 
Vaginal, n (%) 20 (60.6) 
SCD pregnancy outcomes 
ACS, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Venous thromboembolism, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Severe symptomatic anemia, n (%) 5 (15.2) 
Postpartum hemorrhage, n (%) 6 (18.2) 
Urinary tract infection, n (%) 11 (33.3) 
Maternal mortality, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Fetal outcomes (n = 34) 
Intrauterine fetal death, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Stillbirth, n (%) 0 (0.0) 
Alive, n (%) 34 (100.0) 
Preterm birth (≤37 weeks), n (%) 12 (36.4) 
Birth weight, kg 2.9 (2.6-3.1) 
Low birth weight (<2500 g), n (%) 7 (20.6) 
Perinatal mortality, n (%) 1 (2.9) 
Perinatal deaths per 1000 total births 29.4 (0.7-153.3) 

Forty women with SCD were recruited into the study. After enrollment, 7 of 40 participants (17.5%) were lost to follow-up and completed no eDiary mobile application entries. A total of 33 of 40 participants (82.5%) completed the eDiary mobile application during the pregnancy interval (third trimester to 6 weeks after childbirth) and the after-pregnancy interval (beginning at 6 months to end of 9 months after childbirth). Table 1, therefore, includes data for only the 33 participants who completed the eDiary entries.

N = 33 except as noted for fetal outcomes; 1 participant had a twin gestation.

The term “baseline” in this table refers to reporting data at the time of enrollment, ≤16 weeks gestation.

Median (IQR) for continuous variables; count (%) for categorical variables.

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