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Table 1 Characteristics of RPGEH Prenatal Cohort Participants Compared to Non-Participants in Kaiser Permanente Northern California

From: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California research program on genes, environment, and health (RPGEH) pregnancy cohort: study design, methodology and baseline characteristics

 

Overall Denominator (n = 93,409)

Participants (n = 16,977)

Non-Participants (n = 76,432)

Characteristic

N (%)

 Agea

 18–24

14,590 (15.6)

2,456 (15.1)

12,134 (15.9)

 25–29

25,685 (27.5)

4,769 (28.1)

20,916 (27.4)

 30–34

32,469 (34.8)

6,158 (36.3)

26,311 (34.4)

 35–39

16,574 (17.7)

2,940 (17.9)

13,634 (17.8)

 40 or older

4,065 (4.4)

653 (3.8)

3,412 (4.5)

 Unknown

26 (<0.1)

1 (<0.1)

25 (<0.1)

Race/Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

36,704 (39.3)

7,975 (47.0)

28,729 (37.6)

 Hispanic

22,578 (24.2)

3,909 (23.0)

18,669 (24.4)

 Asian

22,413 (24.0)

3,264 (19.2)

19,149 (25.0)

 African American

6,448 (6.9)

960 (5.6)

5,488 (7.2)

 Other

3,965 (4.2)

691 (4.1)

3,274 (4.3)

 Unknown

1,301 (1.4)

178 (1.1)

1,123 (1.5)

Parity

 0

58,395 (62.5)

10,312 (60.7)

48,083 (62.9)

 1

26,210 (28.1)

5,030 (29.6)

21,180 (27.7)

 2+

8,804 (9.4)

1,635 (9.6)

7,169 (9.4)

Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2)

  < 18.5

1919 (2.4)

276 (1.9)

1,643 (2.5)

 18.5–24.9

36,957 (46.2)

6,607 (44.8)

30,350 (46.5)

 25.0–29.9

20, 758 (25.9)

4,013 (27.2)

16,745 (25.6)

 30.0+

17,132 (21.4)

3546 (24.0)

13,586 (20.8)

 Unknown

3,320 (4.2)

315 (2.1)

3,005 (4.6)

Gestational age at initiation of prenatal care

 1st trimester

83,551 (89.5)

16,041 (94.5)

67,510 (88.3)

 2nd trimester

6,707 (7.2)

722 (4.3)

5,985 (7.8)

 3rd trimester

2,980 (3.2)

141 (0.8)

2,839 (3.7)

 Unknown

171 (0.2)

73 (0.4)

98 (0.1)

 Length of enrollment before pregnancy (years)

8.9 (8.6)

10.0 (9.1)

8.6 (8.5)

 Length of enrollment after pregnancy (years)

2.5 (1.2)

2.7 (1.3)

2.5 (1.2)

  1. aAge at standard first trimester prenatal panel blood draw