TABLE 3.
Predicted median neural tube defect (NTD) risk per 10,000 live births in Guatemala based on adjusted mean(s) and percentile distributions of red blood cell (RBC) concentrations by selected socio-demographic characteristics and region. ENMICRON 2009–2010
| Predicted Median NTD Risk per 10,000 | 95% CI | Percentilea | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | |||
| National | 14 | 11.1, 18.6 | 48 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Area | |||||||||
| Rural | 19 | 13.6, 23.1 | 56 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Urban | 11 | 8.3, 13.5 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Indigenous | 17 | 13.3, 22.6 | 56 | 42 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Non-Indigenous | 12 | 9.4, 15.2 | 41 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Wealth index (terciles) | |||||||||
| Low | 20 | 15.2, 25.5 | 57 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Middle | 14 | 10.6, 17.3 | 42 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| High | 9 | 7.2, 11.9 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Region | |||||||||
| Metropolitan | 11 | 8.2, 13.6 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Norte | 26 | 19.5, 34.8 | 59 | 50 | 39 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Nor-Oriente | 17 | 13.0, 22.3 | 48 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Sur-Oriente | 16 | 12.1, 20.2 | 43 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Central | 17 | 12.9, 21.9 | 46 | 41 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Sur-Occidente | 17 | 12.7, 21.8 | 38 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Nor-Occidente | 11 | 8.3, 13.5 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Peten | 13 | 10.0, 16.1 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
a
predicted percentile NTD risk calculated with RBC folate concentration raw data