Guidelines for Treatment of Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Implementation in Clinical Practice in Norway: A Descriptive Study

Table 2

Maternal and gestational characteristics of 343 women hospitalized for treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum at four Norwegian hospitals.

Characteristics	Mean	Standard deviation
Age (years)	28.7	4.7
Prepregnancy body mass index (kg/m^2)^a	25.5	5.2
Weight loss at first hospitalization (%)^b	4.8	4.6
	Median	Interquartile range
Gravidity^c	2	1–3
Parity^d	1	0-1
Gestational age at first hospitalization^e (weeks)	8	7–11
Total days in hospital	2	1–4
Number of hospital stays	1	1-2
PUQE^f score at first hospitalization^g	14	12–15
Number of PUQE assessments per patient	2	1–3
	Number	%
Previous pregnancy with HG^h	122	51
Termination of pregnancy	17	5

^aMissing: 34. ^bIn % of prepregnancy weight, missing: 43. ^cMissing: 11. ^dMissing: 4. ^eMissing: 28. ^fPregnancy Unique Quantification of Emesis. ^gNot assessed: 51. ^hPercent of multigravida (n = 240).