title: Demographic and clinical variables influencing gestational age at booking among South African pregnant women.
abstract: A retrospective record review was made of 758 women who delivered over a 2-month period at the Charlottee Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. Women booking early (up to 14 weeks) were compared with women booking late (from 15 weeks onwards). A total of 45 (6%) and 713 (94%) women booked in the early and late groups, respectively. Women of white ethnicity and women who experienced previous fetal loss booked significantly early. Primigravidae booked significantly late.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charlottee Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and University of Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa. jayati.basu@wits.ac.za
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Jeketera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D020073:Gravidity; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult