Good pregnancy outcome despite intrahepatic cholestasis

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flow chart of ICP patients and controls in Tampere University Hospital (TUH) during 1969–1988.

Figure 2. ICP patients in Tampere University Hospital during 1969–1988.

Table I. Comparison of ICP patients and controls in Tampere University Hospital during 1969–1988: Mean difference in variables.

	Means			Significance
Variables	ICP patients (n = 687)	Controls (n = 1374)	Mean difference	p
Weight at birth, grams	3 225	3 486	261	< 0.001
Apgar scores 1 min	8.1	8.3	0.2	0.019
Apgar scores 5 min	8.8	8.9	0.1	0.006
Hospital stay, days	18	10	8	< 0.001
Age of mother, years	27.5	27.2	0.3	0.196

Table II. Comparison of ICP patients and controls in Tampere University Hospital during 1969–1988: Percentage values of variables.

	ICP patients (n = 687)		Controls (n = 1374)		Significance
Variables	Number	%	Number	%	p
Age of mother
≥ 35	59	8.6	136	9.9	0.338
Induction	326	47.5	298	21.7	< 0.001
Caesarean section	102	14.8	146	10.6	0.005
Multiple pregnancy	35	5.1	29	2.1	< 0.001
Stillbirth	8	1.2	10	0.7	0.315

Table III. Risk for matters concerning delivery in ICP cases in the univariate logistic regression analyses.

	OR (95% CI)
Ongoing week of gestation at childbirth
> 37	1.00
≤ 37	7.02 (5.59–8.82)
Induction
No	1.00
Yes	3.26 (2.68–3.97)
Age of mother
< 35	1.00
≥ 35	0.86 (0.62–1.18)
Caesarean section
No	1.00
Yes	1.47 (1.12–1.92)
Multiple pregnancy
No	1.00
Yes	2.49 (1.51–4.11)
Duration of hospital stay
< 10 days	1.00
≥ 10 days	8.41 (6.83–10.36)
Stillbirth
No	1.00
Yes	1.61 (0.63–4.09)
Apgar 1 min
≥ 7	1.00
< 7	1.12 (0.77–1.63)
Apgar 5 min
≥ 7	1.00
< 7	1.23 (0.66–2.32)
Weight at birth
≥ 2500 g	1.00
< 2500 g	1.86 (1.31–2.64)

Note: Statistically significant ORs are shown in bold.