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. 2020 Mar 25;35(3):305–320. doi: 10.1007/s10654-020-00623-6

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of NYU CHES study participants by recruitment location

Characteristica NYU Langone Hospital-Manhattan NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn Bellevue Hospital Total NYU CHES
n = 1076 n = 673 n = 444 n = 2193
Age at enrollment, mean (SD), years 33.9 (4.5) 29.3 (5.8) 30.2 (5.9) 31.8 (5.6)
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
 Hispanic 169 (16%) 563 (84%) 339 (77%) 1071 (49%)
 White, not of Hispanic origin 652 (61%) 42 (6%) 33 (8%) 727 (33%)
 Black, not of Hispanic origin 62 (6%) 33 (5%) 35 (8%) 130 (6%)
 Asian 143 (13%) 27 (4%) 23 (5%) 193 (9%)
 Other 12 (1%) 4 (1%) 4 (1%) 20 (1%)
 Multiple 36 (3%) 2 (< 1%) 6 (1%) 44 (2%)
Marital status, n (%)
 Married/living with a partner 1024 (95%) 543 (81%) 344 (78%) 1911 (88%)
 Divorced/separated 10 (1%) 23 (3%) 15 (3%) 48 (2%)
 Single/widowed 38 (4%) 104 (16%) 84 (19%) 226 (10%)
Education, n (%)
 High school or less 33 (3%) 434 (66%) 237 (54%) 704 (32%)
 Some college but no degree 64 (6%) 110 (17%) 82 (19%) 256 (12%)
 Associate degree 31 (3%) 43 (6%) 32 (7%) 106 (5%)
 Bachelor’s degree 380 (36%) 55 (8%) 63 (15%) 498 (23%)
 Post graduate degree 559 (52%) 20 (3%) 23 (5%) 602 (28%)
Household income, n (%)
 Less than $30,000 24 (2%) 196 (30%) 142 (34%) 362 (17%)
 $30,000–$49,999 36 (4%) 78 (12%) 64 (15%) 178 (8%)
 $50,000–$74,999 90 (8%) 31 (5%) 20 (5%) 141 (7%)
 $75,000–$99,999 93 (9%) 6 (1%) 7 (2%) 106 (5%)
 $100,000 or more 778 (74%) 18 (3%) 9 (2%) 805 (38%)
 Don’t know 34 (3%) 323 (49%) 172 (42%) 529 (25%)
Employed, n (%) 916 (86%) 271 (41%) 225 (51%) 1412 (65%)
Insurance, n (%)
 Public 139 (13%) 587 (88%) 413 (96%) 1139 (52%)
 Private 934 (87%) 83 (12%) 15 (4%) 1032 (48%)
Use of cigarettes and other related productsb during pregnancy, n (%)
 Never  991 (92%)  607 (90%)  385 (87%) 1983 (91%) 
 Used, stopped in pregnancy 72 (7%) 57 (9%) 51 (11%) 180 (8%)
 Used, continued in pregnancy 10 (1%) 9 (1%) 8 (2%) 27 (1%)
Alcohol use during pregnancy, n (%)
 Never 155 (15%) 368 (55%) 211 (48%) 734 (33%)
 Used, stopped in pregnancy 700 (65%) 234 (35%) 191 (43%) 1125 (52%)
 Used, continued in pregnancy 215 (20%) 66 (10%) 39 (9%) 320 (15%)
Pre-pregnancy body mass index, mean (SD), kg/m2 24.7 (5.0) 27.5 (5.5) 28.6 (6.5) 26.3 (5.7)
Nulliparous, n (%) 687 (64%) 227 (34%) 203 (46%) 1117 (51%)

aMissing data: race/ethnicity: 8 (< 1%); marital status: 8 (< 1%); education: 27 (1%); household income: 72 (3%); insurance: 22 (1%); cigarettes and other related prodcuts use: 3 (< 1%); alcohol use: 14 (1%); pre-pregnancy body mass index: 27 (1%); employment: 14 (1%); parity: 6 (< 1%)

bIncludes cigars, cigarillos, hookah, patches, gums, and other nicotine products