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Table 2 Association of knowledge about FA with FA supplementation before pregnancy among pregnant women

From: Knowledge and intake of folic acid to prevent neural tube defects among pregnant women in urban China: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Survey sample

Knowledge about FA

P

FA intake before pregnancy

P

N(428)

N(282) %

N(198) %

Age at conception (years)

 < 25

77

44

57.1

0.194

29

 

0.078

 25–34

301

205

68.1

140

 

  ≥ 35

50

33

66.0

29

 

Residence

 Local residents

259

189

73.0

0.000**

138

53.3

0.000**

 Immigrants from rural

169

93

55.0

60

35.5

Gestational age(weeks)

  ≤ 12

63

44

69.8

0.474

33

52.4

0.291

  ≥ 13

365

238

65.2

165

45.2

Education

 Primary/Secondary

145

75

51.7

0.000**

52

35.9

0.005*

 College

100

67

67.0

48

48.0

 University

183

140

76.5

98

53.6

Occupational status

 Employed

300

209

69.7

0.012*

154

51.3

0.001*

 homemaker

128

73

57.0

54

42.2

District

 Southern

215

126

58.6

0.001*

100

46.5

0.917

 Northern

213

156

73.2

98

46.0

Planned pregancy

 Yes

234

172

73.5

0.000**

153

65.4

0.000**

 No

194

110

56.7

45

23.2

Gravidity

 primigravidas

236

166

70.3

0.031*

99

42.0

0.047*

 multigravidas

192

116

60.4

99

51.6

Maternal Parity status

 nulliparous

279

195

69.9

0.017*

129

46.2

0.989

 multiparous

149

87

58.4

69

46.3

Adverse pregnancy outcomes

 Yes

90

59

65.6

0.940

48

53.3

0.130

 No

338

223

66.0

150

44.4

Participate in NFPHEPa

 Yes

109

69

63.3

0.510

59

54.1

0.056

 No

319

213

66.8

139

43.6

Knowledge about FA

 Yes

282

-

  

143

50.7

0.010*

 No

146

-

 

55

37.7

  1. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.001
  2. aNFPHEP: National Free Preconception Health Examination Project