Table 1.
Race/Ethnic specific maternal characteristics of POUCH subcohort women with maternal DNA and vaginal smears collected
| Maternal Characteristics | Non-Hispanic White N=560 |
African American N=447 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) Unweighted |
(%) weighted |
N | (%) Unweighted |
(%) weighted |
|
| Maternal Age (years) | ||||||
| <20 | 53 | (10) | (9) | 123 | (28) | (28) |
| 20–30 | 309 | (55) | (57) | 265 | (59) | (60) |
| >30 | 198 | (35) | (34) | 59 | (13) | (13) |
| Education Level (years) | ||||||
| ≤ 12 | 223 | (40) | (38) | 306 | (68) | (69) |
| > 12 | 337 | (60) | (62) | 141 | (32) | (31) |
| Medicaid Insureda | ||||||
| No | 351 | (63) | (64) | 72 | (16) | (16) |
| Yes | 208 | (37) | (36) | 375 | (84) | (84) |
| Primiparousa | ||||||
| No | 333 | (60) | (61) | 261 | (58) | (58) |
| Yes | 226 | (40) | (39) | 186 | (42) | (42) |
| Gram Stain Results | ||||||
| BV Negative (Score 0–3) | 474 | (85) | (85) | 305 | (68) | (68) |
| BV Intermediate (Score 4–6) | 43 | (8) | (8) | 53 | (12) | (12) |
| BV Positive (Score ≥ 7) | 43 | (8) | (7) | 89 | (20) | (20) |
| Pregnancy Outcome | ||||||
| Term Delivery | 411 | (73) | (91) | 366 | (82) | (86) |
| Preterm Delivery | 149 | (27) | (9) | 81 | (18) | (14) |
| TNF-α -238 | ||||||
| GG | 506 | (90) | (90) | 414 | (93) | (93) |
| GA | 53 | (10) | (10) | 31 | (7) | (7) |
| AA | 1 | (<1) | (<1) | 2 | (<1) | (<1) |
| TNF-α -308 | ||||||
| GG | 382 | (68) | (66) | 338 | (76) | (75) |
| GA | 167 | (30) | (32) | 101 | (22) | (23) |
| AA | 11 | (2) | (2) | 8 | (2) | (2) |
| IL-1β +3954b | ||||||
| CC | 337 | (60) | (60) | 334 | (75) | (74) |
| CT | 189 | (34) | (34) | 98 | (22) | (23) |
| TT | 32 | (6) | (6) | 15 | (3) | (3) |
Percentages are presented both unweighted and weighted for the cohort and subcohort sampling scheme.
a
Missing data for 1 non-Hispanic white women.
b
Two non-Hispanic white woman are missing IL-1β genotype