Table 2 Association between demographic characteristics and sample collection for women who provided ≥1 sample
Characteristic | Total who gave any sample | Cord blood given | P-value | Total asked to provide any stool sampleb | Maternal stool given | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||||
Woman’s ethnicitya | ||||||||
White | 85 | 66 | 78 | 65 | 21 | |||
Asian | 8 | 5 | 63 | 5 | 2 | |||
Black | 11 | 10 | 91 | 8 | 1 | |||
Mixed/ Chinese/other | 5 | 5 | 100 | 4 | 1 | |||
Total | 109 | 86 | – | 0.37 | 84 | 25 | – | 0.77 |
Paritya | ||||||||
0 | 57 | 44 | 77 | 45 | 13 | |||
1 | 42 | 32 | 76 | 32 | 11 | |||
>1 | 14 | 13 | 93 | 9 | 2 | |||
Total | 113 | 89 | – | 0.47 | 85 | 26 | – | 0.74 |
Mode of deliverya | ||||||||
Vaginal | ||||||||
Unassisted | 35 | 25 | 71 | 29 | 14 | 48 | ||
Forceps | 11 | 7 | 64 | 9 | 4 | 44 | ||
Ventouse | 5 | 3 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 20 | ||
Planned pre-labour caesarean | 47 | 42 | 89 | 31 | 3 | 10 | ||
Intrapartum caesarean | 15 | 12 | 80 | 11 | 4 | 36 | ||
Total | 113 | 89 | – | 0.09 | 85 | 26 | – | 0.01 |