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. 2015 Nov 11;15:1109. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2481-z

Table 3.

Compliance of parents with data collection protocol (by parental figure and ethnicity)

Total Mother Father White British South Asian
Participants 133 (100.0 %) 80 (60.1 %) 53 (39.9 %) 102 (76.7 %) 31 (23.3 %)
IMD ranka 16.6 % (5.7–41.7 %) 15.8 % (5.6–41.5 %) 18.8 % (5.8–43.7 %) 23.4 %* (5.5–44.4 %) 10.1 %* (5.7–118.0 %)
Days worna 7 (6–8) 8** (6–8) 7** (5–8) 7 (5–8) 7 (6–8)
Compliance with 8-day protocol
 Complied 54 (43.9 %) 40** (54.1 %) 15** (30.0 %) 44 (45.4 %) 11 (40.7 %)
Enough data (≥3 days)
 Yes 112 (91.1 %) 70 (94.6 %) 43 (86.0 %) 87 (89.7 %) 26 (96.3 %)

IMD - Index of Multiple Depravation

*Significant difference between ethnicities (p = 0.005); **significant difference between mother and father (p ≤ 0.018)

aMedian (inter-quartile range)