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. 2023 Apr 19;131(4):047013. doi: 10.1289/EHP11134

Table 1.

The general characteristics of the study population during 2015 to 2021 in Hefei [n (%)].

Characteristics All (n=6,824) PROM (n=1,439) Non-PROM (n=5,385) p-Valuea
Sociodemographic characteristics [n (%)]
 Age (y) <0.001
  <25 1,666 (24.4) 406 (28.2) 1,260 (23.4)
  25–34 4,476 (65.6) 912 (63.4) 3,564 (66.2)
  35 682 (10.0) 121 (8.4) 561 (10.4)
 Education 0.433
  Junior high school 941 (13.8) 184 (12.8) 757 (14.1)
  High school 1,655 (24.3) 348 (24.2) 1,307 (24.3)
  Bachelor’s degree and above 4,228 (62.0) 907 (63.0) 3,321 (61.7)
 Family income (RMB/month) 0.231
  3,999 2,149 (31.5) 460 (32.0) 1,689 (31.4)
  4000–7999 4,132 (60.6) 878 (61.7) 3,254 (60.4)
  8,000 543 (8.0) 101 (7.0) 442 (8.2)
 Parity <0.001
  Primipara 2,611 (38.3) 642 (44.6) 1,969 (36.6)
  Multipara 4,213 (61.7) 797 (55.4) 3,416 (63.4)
 Season of delivery 0.003
  Spring 1,756 (25.7) 386 (26.8) 1,370 (25.4)
  Summer 1,800 (26.4) 331 (23.0) 1,469 (27.3)
  Autumn 1,730 (25.4) 403 (28.0) 1,327 (24.6)
  Winter 1,538 (22.5) 319 (22.2) 1,219 (22.6)
 Enrollment years 0.080
  2015–2016 2,385 (35.0) 538 (37.4) 1,846 (34.3)
  2017–2018 2,569 (37.6) 517 (35.9) 2,052 (38.1)
  2019–2021 1,870 (27.4) 384 (26.7) 1,486 (27.6)
Perinatal health lifestyle factors [n (%)]b
 Vegetable intake (times/week) 0.982
  <3 231 (3.4) 49 (3.4) 182 (3.4)
  3 6,593 (96.6) 1,390 (96.6) 5,203 (96.6)
 Fruit intake (times/week) 0.917
  <3 470 (6.9) 100 (6.9) 370 (6.9)
  3 6,354 (93.1) 1,339 (93.1) 5,015 (93.1)
 Dessert intake (times/week) 0.991
  <3 5,633 (82.5) 1,188 (82.6) 4,445 (82.5)
  3 1,191 (17.5) 251 (17.4) 940 (17.5)
 Physical activity (days/week) 0.281
  <3 5,394 (79.0) 1,154 (80.2) 4,240 (78.7)
  3 1,430 (21.0) 285 (19.8) 1,145 (21.3)
 Folic acid supplementation (days/week) 0.047
  <3 4,387 (64.2) 893 (62.1) 3,494 (64.9)
  3 2,437 (35.7) 546 (37.9) 1,891 (35.1)
 Iron supplementation (days/week) 0.075
  <3 5,847 (85.7) 1,254 (87.1) 4,593 (85.3)
  3 977 (14.3) 185 (12.9) 792 (14.7)
 Passive smoking 0.113
  Never 5,598 (82.0) 1,201 (83.5) 4,397 (81.7)
  Ever 1,226 (18.0) 238 (16.5) 988 (18.3)
Perinatal health status [n (%)]
 Prepregnancy BMI (kg/m2) 0.709
  <18.5 985 (14.4) 216 (15.0) 769 (14.3)
  18.5–23.9 4,816 (70.6) 1,014 (70.5) 3,802 (70.6)
  24.0 1,023 (15.0) 209 (14.5) 814 (15.1)
Hypertension during pregnancy 139 (2.0) 37 (2.6) 102 (1.9) 1.106
Vaginitis 783 (11.5) 151 (10.5) 632 (11.7) 0.189
Gestational diabetes mellitus 1,420 (20.8) 255 (17.7) 1,165 (22.1) 0.001
Premature birth 229 (3.4) 111 (7.7) 118 (2.2) <0.001
Maternal anemia 2,290 (33.6) 591 (41.1) 1,699 (31.6) <0.001

Note: There were no missing values for covariates. —, no data; PROM, prelabor rupture of membranes; RMB, renminbi.

a

Based on the chi-square test.

b

The frequency of vegetable intake, fruit intake, dessert intake, physical activity was during second trimester. The frequency of folic acid supplementation intake was during the first trimester. The frequency of iron supplementation was during the third trimester.