Table 2.
Participant Characteristics
| SCH carrier group | CF carrier group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numeric data | mean | SD | mean | SD |
| Gest age at birth, weeks | 38.9 | 1.3 | 39.1* | 1.2 |
| Birth weight, grams | 3288 | 484 | 3413** | 496 |
| Baby’s age at interview (days) | 107.1 | 23.9 | 110.8 | 25.8 |
| Infant is female | 214 | (50.2) | 169 | (58.7) |
| Parent’s age (years) | 25.8 | (5.9) | 28.7 | (5.6) |
| Categorical data | n | (%) | n | (%) |
| Interviewee is infant’s mother | 418 | (98.1) | 278 | (96.5) |
| Parent knows another genetic carrier † | 325 | (76.3) | 137 | (47.6) |
| Screen positive for health literacy problem | 150 | (37.7) | 104 | (36.5) |
| Parent race data§ | ||||
| Race-included Black-included | 280 | (65.7) | 20 | (6.9) |
| White-included | 87 | (20.4) | 250 | (86.8) |
| Hispanic-included | 29 | (6.8) | 8 | (2.8) |
| Other-included | 14 | (3.3) | 7 | (2.4) |
| Race-only Black-only | 265 | (62.2) | 16 | (5.6) |
| White-only | 72 | (16.9) | 246 | (85.4) |
| Hispanic-only | 19 | (4.5) | 5 | (1.7) |
| Other-only | 7 | (16.4) | 4 | (1.4) |
| Multiracial unspecified | 5 | (1.2) | 1 | (0.4) |
| Not asked or answered | 36 | (8.4) | 9 | (3.1) |
| Infant race data§ | ||||
| Race-included Black-included | 330 | (77.5) | 24 | (8.3) |
| White-included | 82 | (19.3) | 255 | (88.5) |
| Hispanic-included | 38 | (8.9) | 14 | (4.9) |
| Other-included | 23 | (5.4) | 11 | (3.8) |
| Race-only Black-only | 249 | (58.5) | 14 | (4.9) |
| White-only | 13 | (3.1) | 235 | (81.6) |
| Hispanic-only | 15 | (3.5) | 4 | (1.4) |
| Other-only | 2 | (0.5) | 4 | (1.4) |
| Multiracial unspecified | 52 | (12.0) | 7 | (2.4) |
| Not asked or answered | 14 | (3.2) | 6 | (2.1) |
*
p < 0.04.
**
p < 0.001.
†
p < 0.0001
§
Columns for race data do not sum to 100% because data are not mutually exclusive