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. 2024 Apr 29;52(5):467–477. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2023-0442

Table 1:

Demographics.

Factor Total (n=449) NEST (n=229) Control (n=220) p-Value
n Statistics n Statistics
What is your current age? 31.6±3.8 229 31.6±4.0 220 31.6±3.6 0.99a
Age group 229 220 0.48c
 <35 353 (78.6) 177 (77.3) 176 (80.0)
 ≥35 96 (21.4) 52 (22.7) 44 (20.0)
Race 229 219 0.47d
 White 390 (87.1) 197 (86.0) 193 (88.1)
 Black 27 (6.0) 12 (5.2) 15 (6.8)
 American native 1 (0.22) 1 (0.44) 0 (0.00)
 Asian 17 (3.8) 10 (4.4) 7 (3.2)
 Other 13 (2.9) 9 (3.9) 4 (1.8)
Are you Hispanic or Latina? 229 220 0.22c
 No 434 (96.7) 219 (95.6) 215 (97.7)
 Yes 15 (3.3) 10 (4.4) 5 (2.3)
Parity 1.00 [0.00, 1.00] 229 1.00 [0.00, 1.00] 220 1.00 [0.00, 1.00] 0.80b
Parity group 229 220 0.52c
 P0 168 (37.4) 89 (38.9) 79 (35.9)
 P1+ 281 (62.6) 140 (61.1) 141 (64.1)
Gravidity 2.0 [1.00, 3.0] 229 2.0 [1.00, 3.0] 220 2.0 [1.00, 3.0] 0.29b
Gravidity group 229 219 0.52c
 G1 127 (28.3) 68 (29.7) 59 (26.9)
 G2+ 321 (71.7) 161 (70.3) 160 (73.1)
What is the highest level of schooling that you have completed? 229 220 0.26c
 High school graduate or GED 16 (3.6) 11 (4.8) 5 (2.3)
 Associates degree, technical degree, or some college 64 (14.3) 37 (16.2) 27 (12.3)
 College graduate 168 (37.4) 80 (34.9) 88 (40.0)
 Graduate or professional degree 201 (44.8) 101 (44.1) 100 (45.5)
What is your current marital status? 229 220 0.57d
 Single 20 (4.5) 8 (3.5) 12 (5.5)
 Currently married 397 (88.4) 202 (88.2) 195 (88.6)
 Divorced 4 (0.89) 2 (0.87) 2 (0.91)
 Never married 2 (0.45) 2 (0.87) 0 (0.00)
 Committed relationship 26 (5.8) 15 (6.6) 11 (5.0)
Do you have a religious faith? 227 220 0.19c
 No 141 (31.5) 78 (34.4) 63 (28.6)
 Yes 306 (68.5) 149 (65.6) 157 (71.4)
What is your faith? 149 157 0.80d
 Christian 143 (46.7) 67 (45.0) 76 (48.4)
 Catholic 132 (43.1) 68 (45.6) 64 (40.8)
 Jewish 14 (4.6) 5 (3.4) 9 (5.7)
 Hindu 6 (2.0) 3 (2.0) 3 (1.9)
 Buddhist 1 (0.33) 1 (0.67) 0 (0.00)
 Other 10 (3.3) 5 (3.4) 5 (3.2)
Genetic counselor 229 220 0.002 c
 No 417 (92.9) 221 (96.5) 196 (89.1)
 Have genetic counselor 32 (7.1) 8 (3.5) 24 (10.9)

NEST, intervention. Statistics presented as mean±SD, median [P25, P75], n (column %). p-Values: at-test, bWilcoxon rank sum test, cPearson’s chi-square test, dFisher’s exact test. Values in bold indicate significant p-values.