Table 2: Proportion of preterm and full-term births stratified by gestational factors - MEJC, Brazil, 2017.

Variable Premature
n (%)
Full-term
n (%)
p-value
Type of pregnancy < 0.001
Single 862 (88.3) 2327 (97.9)
Multiple 114 (11.7) 50 (2.1)
Prenatal care < 0.001
Adequate 827 (84.7) 2192 (92.2)
Inadequate 149 (15.3) 185 (7.8)
Presentation < 0.001
Cephalic 841 (86.2) 2272 (95.6)
Breech/shoulder 135 (13.8) 105 (4.4)
Type of birth 0.005
Vaginal 408 (41.8) 870 (36.6)
Cesarean section 568 (58.2) 1507 (63.4)