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Table 1 Characteristics of obstetric patients with a PcnA label versus no PcnA label

From: Outcomes in reported penicillin allergic mothers and neonates requiring Group B streptococcal prophylaxis: a retrospective observational cohort study

 

PcnA label

No PcnA label

p-value

Number of patients, n (%)

506 (11.5%)

3881 (88.5%)

 

Height (cm), median (IQR)

166.4 (162.6—170.2)

165.1 (160.0—168.9)

 < 0.001*

Weight (kg), median (IQR)

84.4 (76.2—97.4)

82.1 (72.6—93.6)

 < 0.001*

BMI, median (IQR)

30.7 (27.6—35.5)

30.4 (27.1—34.4)

0.03*

BMI > 35, n (%)

122 (24.1)

729 (18.8)

0.01*

Heart rate, mean (SD)

84.6 (10.8)

83.2 (10.9)

0.007*

Age in years, mean (SD)

30.1 (5.3)

29.6 (5.4)

0.03*

Age > 35 years, n (%)

83 (16.4)

544 (14.0)

0.15

Race, n (%)

  

 < 0.001*

 White

429 (86.0%)

2571 (68.3%)

 

 Non-White

70 (14.0%

1191 (31.7%)

 

Latino/Hispanic, n (%)

25 (5.0%)

228 (6.0%)

0.39

Insurance, public, n (%)

159 (31.4%)

1540 (39.7%)

 < 0.001*

Tobacco use, n (%)

  

 < 0.001*

 Yes

178 (35.6%)

981 (25.6%)

 

Admission type, n (%)

  

0.70

 Elective

110 (21.7%)

799 (20.6%)

 

 Emergency

0 (0.0%)

3 (0.1%)

 

 Urgent

396 (78.3%)

3079 (79.3%)

 

Antibiotic type, n (%)

n = 370

n = 155

* < 0.001

 Penicillins

0 (0.0%)

34 (21.9%)

 

 Cephalosporins

205 (55.4%)

83 (53.5%)

 

aOther

165 (44.5%)

38 (24.5%)

 

Pregnancy type, n (%)

  

0.40

 Singleton

500 (97.8%)

3845 (98.2%)

 

 Twin

12 (2.3%)

69 (1.8%)

 
  1. *Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. BMI body mass index, IQR interquartile range, PcnA penicillin allergy, SD standard deviation. aOther: non-penicillin and non-cephalosporin antibiotics