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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

From: An epidemiological investigation of high-risk infants for Respiratory Syncytial Virus infections: a retrospective cohort study

 

BPD-RDS

CHD

PRETERM

≤29 WGA

30-35 WGA

Overall

≤29 WGA

30-35 WGA

>35 WGA

Overall

≤29 WGA

30-35 WGA

Overall

N

366

718

1084

21

507

2758

3286

67

3759

3826

Sex

 Male

190

51.9%

399

55.6%

589

54.3%

13

61.9%

236

46.5%

1474

53.4%

1723

52.4%

34

50.7%

2015

53.6%

2049

53.6%

 Female

176

48.1%

319

44.4%

495

45.7%

8

38.1%

271

53.5%

1284

46.6%

1563

47.6%

33

49.3%

1744

46.4%

1777

46.4%

Birth month

 October-March

169

46.2%

376

52.4%

545

50.3%

7

33.3%

243

47.9%

1351

49.0%

1601

48.7%

35

52.2%

1926

51.2%

1961

51.3%

 April-September

197

53.8%

342

47.6%

539

49.7%

14

66.7%

264

52.1%

1407

51.0%

1685

51.3%

32

47.8%

1833

48.8%

1865

48.7%

Birth weight

 Mean

1.0 (±0.3)

1.8 (±0.5)

1.6 (±0.6)

1.4 (±0.7)

2.0 (±0.5)

3.2 (±0.5)

3.0 (±0.7)

1.8 (±0.9)

2.3 (±0.5)

2.3 (±0.5)

 Median

1.0 (0.8-1.2)

1.8 (1.5-2.1)

1.5 (1.1-1.9)

1.3 (1.1-1.4)

2.0 (1.6-2.3)

3.3 (2.9-3.6)

3.2 (2.7-3.5)

1.4 (1.1-2.4)

2.3 (1.9-2.6)

2.2 (1.9-2.6)

DBH

 Mean

82.9 (±40.4)

34.5 (±33.1)

51 (±42.4)

54.3 (±27.5)

23.5 (±20.8)

9.5 (±18.5)

12 (±19.9)

32.8 (±28.7)

13.8 (±18.1)

14.1 (±18.5)

 Median

73 (61-92)

30 (17- 42)

41 (23-67)

48 (40 - 73)

19 (12 - 30)

5 (4 - 9)

6 (4 - 12)

33 (4 - 53)

10 (6.- 17)

10 (6 - 17)

Age a

 Mean

35.1 (±6.3)

34.9 (±6.2)

35.0 (±6.3)

34.6 (±5.4)

35.6 (±6.3)

33.8 (±5.8)

34.1 (±5.9)

32.6 (±5.0)

34.4 (±6.4)

34.4 (±6.4)

 Median

35.4 (31.1-39.1)

35.2 (30.8-39.1)

35.4 (31.0-39.1)

35.1 (30.3-37.9)

35.9 (31.4-39.8)

33.9 (30.0-37.8)

34.2 (30.2-38.1)

32.8 (29.0-36.2)

34.6 (30.1-38.8)

34.5 (30.1-38.8)

Occupation a

 Employed

191

52.2%

388

54.0%

579

53.4%

8

38.1%

339

66.9%

1686

61.1%

2033

61.9%

29

43.3%

1949

51.8%

1978

51.7%

 Unemployed

110

30.1%

185

25.8%

295

27.2%

8

38.1%

94

18.5%

444

16.1%

546

16.6%

15

22.4%

961

25.6%

976

25.5%

 Housewife

52

14.2%

117

16.3%

169

15.6%

4

19.0%

64

12.6%

472

17.1%

540

16.4%

17

25.4%

667

17.7%

684

17.9%

 Other

13

3.6%

28

3.9%

41

3.8%

1

4.8%

10

2.0%

156

5.7%

167

5.1%

6

9.0%

182

4.8%

188

4.9%

Education a

 Low

24

6.6%

46

6.4%

70

6.5%

-

-

29

5.7%

335

12.1%

364

11.1%

10

14.9%

361

9.6%

371

9.7%

 Middle

74

20.2%

131

18.2%

205

18.9%

7

33.3%

93

18.3%

504

18.3%

604

18.4%

20

29.9%

832

22.1%

852

22.3%

 High

182

49.7%

352

49.0%

534

49.3%

9

42.9%

269

53.1%

1275

46.2%

1553

47.3%

24

35.8%

1621

43.1%

1645

43.0%

 Higher

71

19.4%

167

23.3%

238

22.0%

5

23.8%

113

22.3%

594

21.5%

712

21.7%

11

16.4%

866

23.0%

877

22.9%

 Missing

15

4.1%

22

3.1%

37

3.4%

-

-

3

0.6%

50

1.8%

53

1k6%

2

3.0%

79

2.1%

81

2.1%

  1. aVariables related to mothers. Categorial variables are expressed as counts and proportions, continuous variables are expressed as mean and standard deviation and median and interquartile range. Other occupations include: student, retired/disable, uncertain job and missing values
  2. BPD Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; RDS Respiratory Distress Syndrome; CHD Congenital Heart Diseases; WGA weeks of gestational age; DBH duration of birth hospitalization