Characteristics of 875 996 singleton births in Denmark in 1996–2009, according to maternal use of glucocorticoids during pregnancy
| Prenatally exposed, n (%) | Prenatally unexposed and born to maternal never users, n (%) | Prenatally unexposed and born to maternal former users, n (%) | |
| All | 42 099 | 656 732 | 177 165 |
| Birth year | |||
| 1996–2000 | 13 416 (31.8) | 273 713 (41.7) | 34 256 (19.3) |
| 2001–2005 | 14 647 (34.8) | 223 783 (34.0) | 69 991 (39.5) |
| 2006–2009 | 14 036 (33.3) | 159 236 (24.2) | 72 918 (41.1) |
| Sex | |||
| Boy | 21 875 (52.0) | 336 827 (51.3) | 90 955 (51.3) |
| Girl | 20 224 (48.0) | 319 905 (48.7) | 86 210 (48.7) |
| Birth order | |||
| 1 | 16 326 (38.8) | 297 280 (45.3) | 62 592 (35.3) |
| 2 | 16 464 (39.1) | 239 674 (36.5) | 70 810 (40.0) |
| ≥3 | 9309 (22.1) | 119 778 (18.2) | 43 763 (24.7) |
| Birth weight | |||
| <2000 g | 282 (0.7) | 4692 (0.7) | 1222 (0.7) |
| 2000–2499 g | 960 (2.3) | 14.405 (2.2) | 3848 (2, 2) |
| 2500–2999 g | 4132 (9.8) | 67 642 (10.3) | 17 425 (9.8) |
| 3000–5500 g | 36 244 (86.1) | 560 481 (85.3) | 152 627 (86.2) |
| Missing, very low or very high | 481 (1.1) | 9512 (1.5) | 2043 (1.2) |
| Apgar score | |||
| ≤7 | 539 (1.3) | 8391 (1.3) | 2179 (1.2) |
| >7 | 41 158 (97.8) | 640 191 (97.5) | 173 423 (97.9) |
| Missing | 402 (1.0) | 8150 (1.2) | 1563 (0.9) |
| Gestational age | |||
| <30 weeks | 127 (0.3) | 2225 (0.3) | 648 (0.4) |
| 30–36 weeks | 1846 (4.4) | 28 964 (4.4) | 8462 (4.8) |
| 37–41 weeks | 36 690 (87.2) | 569 898 (86.8) | 155 774 (87.9) |
| >41 weeks | 3223 (7.7) | 50 699 (7.7) | 11 550 (6.5) |
| Very low or missing | 213 (0.5) | 4946 (0.8) | 731 (0.4) |
| Mode of delivery | |||
| Vaginal | 33 180 (78.8) | 547 163 (83.3) | 140 626 (79.4) |
| Caesarean | 8919 (21.2) | 109 569 (16.7) | 36 539 (20.6) |