TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the patients at enrollment
| Characteristic | Data for study groups |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early pregnancy (n = 17) | Late pregnancy (n = 15) | Postpartum (n = 15) | All (n = 47) | |
| Weight (kg) (mean [SD]) | 47.6 (8.12) | 51.5 (7.08) | 46.6 (7.40) | 48.5 (7.69) |
| Height (cm) (mean [SD]) | 152.0 (5.45) | 149.8 (5.63) | 152.3 (4.56) | 151.4 (5.24) |
| Age (yrs) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 23.8 (5.98) | 26.5 (6.61) | 26.5 (6.65) | 25.5 (6.39) |
| Median | 21.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
| Minimum, maximum | 18, 37 | 18, 37 | 20, 44 | 18, 44 |
| Ethnicity (%) | ||||
| Non-Hispanic or non-Latino | 17 (100.0) | 15 (100.0) | 15 (100.0) | 47 (100.0) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Race (%) | ||||
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Asian | 17 (100.0) | 15 (100.0) | 15 (100.0) | 47 (100.0) |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Black/African American | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| White | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Multiracial | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| No. of prior live births (%) | ||||
| 0 | 6 (35.3) | 4 (26.7) | 1 (6.7) | 11 (23.4) |
| 1–5 | 10 (58.8) | 9 (60.0) | 11 (73.3) | 30 (63.8) |
| 6–10 | 1 (5.9) | 2 (13.3) | 3 (20.0) | 6 (12.8) |
| >10 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Current smoking status (%) | ||||
| No | 17 (100.0) | 15 (100.0) | 13 (86.7) | 45 (95.7) |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (13.3) | 2 (4.3) |
| Current alcohol consumption (%) | ||||
| No | 5 (29.4) | 2 (13.3) | 2 (13.3) | 9 (19.1) |
| Yes | 12 (70.6) | 13 (86.7) | 13 (86.7) | 38 (80.9) |
| Intensity of S. japonicum infection (%) | ||||
| Low (<100 eggs per gram of stool) | 16 (94) | 15 (100) | 15 (100) | 46 (97.8) |
| Moderate (100–399 eggs per gram of stool) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.2) |
| Heavy (≥400 eggs per gram of stool) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |