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. 2023 Jul 24;177(9):939–946. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.2310

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Participants in Strong Beginnings (SB) and Usual Care Before and After Propensity Score Matching.

Characteristic Before matching, % After matching, %a
SB
(n = 1086)
Usual care
(n = 124 166)
ASMD SB
(n = 1081)
Usual care
(n = 123 922)
ASMD
Prior Medicaid coverageb 80.9 81.8 −0.02 80.9 80.8 <0.01
Maternal age, mean (SD), y 25.5 (5.8) 26.6 (5.5) −0.20 25.6 (5.8) 25.6 (5.9) −0.01
Married 19.4 32.3 −0.30 19.5 19.8 −0.01
Race and ethnicityc
Hispanic 31.2 9.1 0.57 31.4 31.4 <0.01
Non-Hispanic Black 56.1 26.8 0.62 56.1 56.1 <0.01
Non-Hispanic White 8.9 59.0 −1.25 9.0 9.0 <0.01
Otherd 3.8 5.0 −0.06 3.6 3.6 <0.01
Maternal education
<High school 38.1 17.5 0.47 37.9 37.1 0.02
High school 39.0 39.1 0.00 39.0 39.6 −0.01
Some college or higher 22.9 43.3 −0.44 23.0 23.3 −0.01
Have prior births 71.9 74.6 −0.06 72.0 72.3 −0.01
Have previous preterm 5.7 4.0 0.08 5.7 5.7 <0.01
Have previous rapid repeat pregnancye 26.8 27.5 −0.02 26.7 27.0 −0.01
Maternal BMI,f mean (SD) 29.8 (8.3) 28.2 (7.5) 0.21 29.8 (8.3) 29.8 (8.6) <0.01
Medical risks
Diabetesg 6.2 6.8 −0.03 6.2 6.3 −0.01
Hypertensiong 5.8 4.4 0.06 5.8 5.8 <0.01
Asthmah 5.6 4.6 0.05 5.6 5.6 <0.01
Substance/alcohol/mental disordersi 36.2 25.8 0.23 36.0 35.7 0.01
High-risk pregnancyj 58.4 30.3 0.59 58.2 57.1 0.02
Neighborhood characteristics, tract, mean (SD)
Racialized economic segregationk −0.06 (0.1) −0.02 (0.2) −0.23 −0.07 (0.1) −0.06 (0.2) −0.02
COI education score 27.9 (19.8) 36.8 (25.3) −0.39 27.8 (19.6) 28.4 (24.2) −0.03
COI health score 21.1 (16.4) 37.6 (27.5) −0.73 21.1 (16.4) 21.8 (19.0) −0.03
COI socioeconomic score 29.6 (21.6) 35.1 (24.9) −0.23 29.4 (21.4) 29.8 (23.8) −0.02

Abbreviations: ASMD, absolute standardized mean difference; BMI, body mass index; COI, Child Opportunity Index 2.0; ICD-9-CM, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification; ICD-10-CM, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification .

a

Participants in the Strong Beginnings program were matched to those in usual care by their propensity score using kernel matching with exact match on Black and Hispanic participants and cross-validated bandwidth selection. The balance between the 2 groups was assessed with ASMD less than 0.05.

b

Medicaid coverage at any point up to 12 months before conception (excluding the month of conception).

c

As reported on the birth record.

d

Includes American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, multiple races.

e

Prior rapid repeat pregnancy if prior pregnancy is less than or equal to 18 months from prior birth to conception.

f

Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.

g

Chronic diabetes (excludes gestational diabetes) using ICD-9-CM in 249.x, 250.x, 790.2x, V4585, V5491, V6546 and ICD-10-CM in E08.x, E09.x, E10.x, E11.x, E13.x or chronic hypertension (excludes gestational hypertension) using ICD-9-CM in 401.X and ICD-10-CM in I10.X, I67.4, N26.2 from birth records or claims up to 12 months prior to conception through pregnancy.

h

Chronic asthma from claims up to 12 months prior to conception through pregnancy using ICD-9-CM in 493.x and ICD-10-CM in J45.2x and J45.9x.

i

Mental, alcohol-related, and substance-related disorders are from claims up to 12 months prior to conception through the first 3 months of pregnancy, using codes as a combination from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s clinical classifications software for ICD-9-CM and clinical classification software (beta) for ICD-10-CM as defined by category 5 in the multilevel category and ICD-10-CM codes from the following default categories in the CCSR: EXT021, FAC021, INJ075, MBD001, MBD002, MBD003, MBD005, MBD007, MBD008, MBD009, MBD012, MBD013, MBD014, MBD017, MBD018, MBD019, MBD020, MBD021, MBD022, MBD023, MBD025, MBD027, MBD034, NVS011, SYM008, and SYM009.

j

Claims with ICD-9-CM in V23.x or ICD-10-CM in O09.x in the first 3 months of pregnancy.

k

Measured with index of concentration at the extremes using both race and ethnicity and income to jointly measure racial and economic segregation at census tract following Krieger et al.30