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Table 1 Socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of the women who underwent non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT). n (%)

From: Knowledge and future preference of Chinese women in a major public hospital in Hong Kong after undergoing non-invasive prenatal testing for positive aneuploidy screening: a questionnaire survey

Characteristic

Respondents (n = 135)

Non-respondents (n = 16) a

P value

Advanced maternal age (> = 35)

86 (63.7 %)

8 (50.0 %)

0.415

Parity

   

0

82 (60.7)

9 (56.3 %)

0.685

1

49 (36.3 %)

7 (43.7 %)

 

2

4 (3.0 %)

0 (0 %)

Previous miscarriage or termination of pregnancy

   

0

83 (61.5 %)

9 (56.3 %)

0.107

1

40 (29.6 %)

5 (31.3 %)

2 or above

12 (8.9 %)

2 (12.5 %)

Conceived naturally

123 (91.1 %)

16 (100 %)

0.366

Advanced education (tertiary education or above)

90 (66.7 %)

14 (87.5 %)

0.15

Employed

117 (86.7 %)

13 (81.3 %)

0.466

Underwent NIPT before 15 weeks

132 (97.8 %)

14 (87.5 %)

0.086

  1. aone missing data